Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 47, Hadith 231
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: “Hilal bin Umayyah went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and accused his wife of committing illegal sexual intercourse with Sharik bin Sahma. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Either you produce proof, or you will receive the legal punishment on your back.'” He said: “Hilal said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! If one of us saw a man over his wife, should he go and search for witnesses?’ The Prophet (ﷺ) kept on saying: ‘Either you produce proof, or you will receive the legal punishment on your back.'” He said: “Hilal then said, ‘By Him Who sent you with the Truth and Allah will reveal to you what will save my back from the legal punishment.’ Then (the following) was revealed: And for those who accuse their wives, but have not witnesses except themselves, let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies by Allah that he is one of those who speak the truth (24:6-9). He recited it until he reached: ‘And the fifth; should be that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he speaks the truth.’ Then the Prophet (ﷺ) was saying: ‘Allah knows that one of you is a liar, so, will either of you repent?’ Then the woman got up and took the oaths, and when she was about to take the fifth one; That the wrath of Allah be upon her if he speaks the truth’, the people stopped her and said to her: ‘It will definitely bring about Allah’s curse upon you (if you are guilty).'” Ibn ‘Abbas said ‘So she hesitated, and recoiled so much so, that we thought that she would withdraw her denial. But she said: ‘I will not dishonor my family for the rest of their days.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) then said: ‘Watch her, if she delivers a child with eyes that appear to have Kuhl on them, big hips, and fat shins then it is Sharik bin Sahma’s child.’ (Later) she gave birth to a child fitting that description. So the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘If it had not been settled in the Book of Allah , I would punish her severely.'”
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنِي عِكْرِمَةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ هِلاَلَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ، قَذَفَ امْرَأَتَهُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِشَرِيكِ بْنِ السَّحْمَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” الْبِيِّنَةَ وَإِلاَّ حَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ ” . قَالَ فَقَالَ هِلاَلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُنَا رَجُلاً عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ أَيَلْتَمِسُ الْبَيِّنَةَ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ” الْبَيِّنَةَ وَإِلاَّ حَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ ” . قَالَ فَقَالَ هِلاَلٌ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ إِنِّي لَصَادِقٌ وَلَيَنْزِلَنَّ فِي أَمْرِي مَا يُبَرِّئُ ظَهْرِي مِنَ الْحَدِّ فَنَزَلَ : (والَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلاَّ أَنْفُسُهُمْ ) فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ : ( والْخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ ) قَالَ فَانْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَجَاءَا فَقَامَ هِلاَلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ فَشَهِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ” إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمَا كَاذِبٌ فَهَلْ مِنْكُمَا تَائِبٌ ” . ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَشَهِدَتْ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ عِنْدَ الْخَامِسَةِ : ( أنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ ) قَالُوا لَهَا إِنَّهَا مُوجِبَةٌ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَتَلَكَّأَتْ وَنَكَسَتْ حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنْ سَتَرْجِعُ فَقَالَتْ لاَ أَفْضَحُ قَوْمِي سَائِرَ الْيَوْمِ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” أَبْصِرُوهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَكْحَلَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ سَابِغَ الأَلْيَتَيْنِ خَدَلَّجَ السَّاقَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِشَرِيكِ بْنِ السَّحْمَاءِ ” . فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَلِكَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” لَوْلاَ مَا مَضَى مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَكَانَ لَنَا وَلَهَا شَأْنٌ ” . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ وَهَكَذَا رَوَى عَبَّادُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَرَوَاهُ أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ مُرْسَلاً وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ .
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 47, Hadith 231
Sahih (Darussalam)
The above hadith is from the Jami` at-Tirmidhi collection of hadiths. The Jami` at-Tirmidhi is a highly valued hadith collection within Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar al-Tirmidhi in the 9th century. It earns its prestigious reputation by being counted among the Kutub al-Sittah, the six most trusted compilations of prophetic tradition. This exclusive list features the Sahihayn of al-Bukhari and Muslim, as well as the Sunan collections of Abu Dawood, al-Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Imam al-Tirmidhi’s specific work is organized into 46 books and contains a total exceeding 4,000 individual hadith reports.
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