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Sunan Abi Dawud 2254 (Book 13, Hadith 80) #22545
Producing Evidence or Receiving Punishment

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a man accusing his wife of adultery and the Prophet ﷺ instructing him to produce evidence or receive punishment. The woman then gives birth to a child with certain physical features that prove her husband's accusation was true.

Ibn 'Abbas said "Hilal bin Umayyah accused his wife in the presence of Prophet ﷺ of having committed adultery with Sharik bin Sahma’". The Prophet ﷺ said "Produce evidence or you must receive punishment on your back". He said "Apostle of Allaahﷺ when one of us sees a man having intercourse with his wife should he go and seek evidence?" But the Prophet ﷺ merely said "You must produce evidence or you must receive punishment on your back". Hilal then said "By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I am speaking Truly. May Allaah send down something which will free my back from punishment. Then the following Qur’anic verses were revealed "And those who make charges against their spouses but have no witnesses except themselves" reciting till he reached "one of those who speak the truth". The Prophet ﷺ then returned and sent for them and they came (to him). Hilal bin Umayyah stood up and testified and the Prophet ﷺ was saying "Allaah knows that one of you is lying. Will one of you repent?" Then the woman got up and testified, but when she was about to do it a fifth time saying that Allaah’s anger be upon her if he was one of those who spoke the truth, they said to her "this is the deciding one". Ibn 'Abbas said "She then hesitated and drew back so that we thought the she would withdraw(what she said) "Look and see whether she gives birth to a child with eyes looking as if they have antimony in them, wide buttocks and fat legs, if she did. Sharik bin Sahma’ will be its father. She then gave birth to a child of a similar description. The Prophet ﷺ thereupon said "If it were not for what has already been stated in Allaah’s book I would have dealt severely with her". Abu Dawud said "This tradition has been transmitted by the people of Medina alone. They narrated the tradition of Hilal on the authority of Ibn Bashshar".
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنِي عِكْرِمَةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ هِلاَلَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ، قَذَفَ امْرَأَتَهُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشَرِيكِ بْنِ سَحْمَاءَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ‏"‏ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَوْ حَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُنَا رَجُلاً عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَيِّنَةَ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ الْبَيِّنَةَ وَإِلاَّ فَحَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ هِلاَلٌ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيًّا إِنِّي لَصَادِقٌ وَلَيُنْزِلَنَّ اللَّهُ فِي أَمْرِي مَا يُبَرِّئُ ظَهْرِي مِنَ الْحَدِّ فَنَزَلَتْ ‏{‏ وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلاَّ أَنْفُسُهُمْ ‏}‏ فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ ‏{‏ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ ‏}‏ فَانْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَجَاءَا فَقَامَ هِلاَلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ فَشَهِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمَا كَاذِبٌ فَهَلْ مِنْكُمَا مِنْ تَائِبٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَشَهِدَتْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عِنْدَ الْخَامِسَةِ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ وَقَالُوا لَهَا إِنَّهَا مُوجِبَةٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَتَلَكَّأَتْ وَنَكَصَتْ حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهَا سَتَرْجِعُ فَقَالَتْ لاَ أَفْضَحُ قَوْمِي سَائِرَ الْيَوْمِ ‏.‏ فَمَضَتْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ‏"‏ أَبْصِرُوهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَكْحَلَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ سَابِغَ الأَلْيَتَيْنِ خَدَلَّجَ السَّاقَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِشَرِيكِ بْنِ سَحْمَاءَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَلِكَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ‏"‏ لَوْلاَ مَا مَضَى مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ لَكَانَ لِي وَلَهَا شَأْنٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهَذَا مِمَّا تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ حَدِيثُ ابْنِ بَشَّارٍ حَدِيثُ هِلاَلٍ
TOPICS
accusation  *  adultery  *  evidence  *  punishment  *  ikhtilaf  *  zina  *  hujjah  *  uqubah

QUICK LESSONS:
Speak truthfully; Respect marriage vows; Follow instructions given by prophets; Produce evidence when making accusations; Swear four times by Allah followed by cursing oneself if one is lying according to Quran instructions when making accusations without any witnesses present .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a man named Hilal bin Umayyah who accused his wife of committing adultery with Sharik bin Sahma in front of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ instructed Hilal to produce evidence for his accusation or else he would receive punishment on his back. When asked if one should seek evidence when seeing someone having intercourse, the Prophet ﷺ merely repeated that he must produce evidence or receive punishment on his back. Hilal then said that Allah knows he is speaking truthfully and asked Him to send down something which will free him from punishment. Then, verses from Surah An-Nur were revealed which stated that those who make charges against their spouses but have no witnesses except themselves should swear four times by Allah and then fifth time curse themselves if they are lying. After this, the woman got up and testified five times as instructed by the Qur'an but when she was about to do it for a fifth time she hesitated and drew back so much so that people thought she would withdraw her statement. However, she eventually did it and gave birth to a child with certain physical features which proved her husband's accusation was true. The Prophet ﷺ said if it weren't for what has already been stated in Allah's book he would have dealt severely with her due to her false testimony before this point in time.

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