Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

Ibn Shihab informed me of Lian and the tradition related to it, referring to the narration of Sahl bin
Sa`d, the brother of Bani Sa`idi He said, “An Ansari man came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, ‘O Allah’s
Apostle! If a man saw another man with his wife, should he kill him, or what should he do?’ So Allah
revealed concerning his affair what is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an about the affair of those involved
in a case of Lian. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Allah has given His verdict regarding you and your wife.’ So they
carried out Lian in the mosque while I was present there. When they had finished, the man said, “O
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! If I should now keep her with me as a wife then I have told a lie about her. Then he
divorced her thrice before Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ordered him, when they had finished the Lian process. So
he divorced her in front of the Prophet (ﷺ) .” Ibn Shihab added, “After their case, it became a tradition that
a couple involved in a case of Lian should be separated by divorce. That lady was pregnant then, and
later on her son was called by his mother’s name. The tradition concerning their inheritance was that
she would be his heir and he would inherit of her property the share Allah had prescribed for him.”
Ibn Shihab said that Sahl bin Sa`d As’Saidi said that the Prophet (ﷺ) said (in the above narration), “If that
lady delivers a small red child like a lizard, then the lady has spoken the truth and the man was a liar,
but if she delivers a child with black eyes and huge lips, then her husband has spoken the truth.” Then
she delivered it in the shape one would dislike (as it proved her guilty).

Ibn `Abbas; said, “Once Lian was mentioned before the Prophet (ﷺ) whereupon `Asim bin Adi said
something and went away. Then a man from his tribe came to him, complaining that he had found a
man with his wife. `Asim said, ‘I have not been put to task except for my statement (about Lian).’
`Asim took the man to the Prophet (ﷺ) and the man told him of the state in which he had found his wife.
The man was pale, thin, and of lank hair, while the other man whom he claimed he had seen with his
wife, was brown, fat and had much flesh on his calves. The Prophet (ﷺ) invoked, saying, ‘O Allah! Reveal
the truth.’ So that lady delivered a child resembling the man whom her husband had mentioned he had
found her with. The Prophet (ﷺ) then made them carry out Lian.” Then a man from that gathering asked
Ibn `Abbas, “Was she the same lady regarding which the Prophet (ﷺ) had said, ‘If I were to stone to death
someone without witness, I would have stoned this lady’?” Ibn `Abbas said, “No, that was another
lady who, though being a Muslim, used to arouse suspicion by her outright misbehavior. ”

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! A black child has been born for me.” The
Prophet asked him, “Have you got camels?” The man said, “Yes.” The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, “What
color are they?” The man replied, “Red.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Is there a grey one among them?’ The
man replied, “Yes.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whence comes that?” He said, “May be it is because of
heredity.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “May be your latest son has this color because of heredity.”

An Ansari man accused his wife (of committing illegal sexual intercourse). The Prophet (ﷺ) made both of
them takes the oath of Lian, and separated them from each other (by divorce).

Hilal bin Umaiyya accused his wife of illegal sexual intercourse and came to the Prophet (ﷺ) to bear
witness (against her), (taking the oath of Lian). The Prophet (ﷺ) was saying, “Allah knows that either of
you is a liar. Will anyone of you repent (to Allah)?” Then the lady got up and gave her witness.

The Prophet (holding out his ten fingers thrice), said, “The month is thus and thus and thus,” namely
thirty days. Then (holding out his ten fingers twice and then nine fingers), he said, “It may be thus and
thus and thus,” namely twenty nine days. He meant once thirty days and once twenty nine days.

The Prophet (ﷺ) pointed with his hand towards Yemen and said twice, “Faith is there,” and then pointed
towards the East, and said, “Verily, sternness and mercilessness are the qualities of those who are busy
with their camels and pay no attention to their religion, where the two sides of the head of Satan will
appear,” namely, the tribes of Rabl’a and Muqar.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “I and the one who looks after an orphan will be like this in Paradise,” showing
his middle and index fingers and separating them.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, The example of a miser and a generous person is
like that of two persons wearing iron cloaks from the breast upto the
neck When the generous person spends, the iron cloak enlarges and
spread over his skin so much so that it covers his fingertips and
obliterates his tracks. As for the miser, as soon as he thinks of
spending every ring of the iron cloak sticks to its place (against his
body) and he tries to expand it, but it does not expand. The Prophet (ﷺ)
pointed with his hand towards his throat.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Shall I tell you of the best families among the Ansar?” They (the people) said,
“Yes, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The best are Banu- An-Najjar, and after them are Banu
`Abdil Ash-hal, and after them are Banu Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj, and after them are Banu Sa`ida.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) then moved his hand by closing his fingers and then opening them like one throwing
something, and then said, “Anyhow, there is good in all the families of the Ansar. ”