سنن أبي داود

Hadith 2248

Book 13: Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)

كتاب تفريع أبواب الطلاق

Chapter 27

Chapter: Regarding Li’an (Mutual Cursing).

باب فِي اللِّعَانِ

English narration

Narrated by سهل بن سعد الساعدي

Sahl bin Saad reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying - in the tradition of spouses who invoked curses to each other “Look if she bears a child which has very black eyes, large buttocks, I cannot but imagine that he (i. e., ‘Uwaimir) has spoken the truth. But, if she bears a reddish child like the lizard with red spots (waharah), I cannot imagine that ‘Uwaimir has lied against her. She gave birth to a child (like that described the Prophet ﷺ ) in a detestable manner.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْوَرَكَانِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ فِي خَبَرِ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "

أَبْصِرُوهَا ، فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَدْعَجَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ عَظِيمَ الْأَلْيَتَيْنِ ، فَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ صَدَقَ ، وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أُحَيْمِرَ كَأَنَّهُ وَحَرَةٌ ، فَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا كَاذِبًا

" ، قَالَ : فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ عَلَى النَّعْتِ الْمَكْرُوهِ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2248In-book: Book 13, Hadith 2248

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