A Concise Thematic Tafsīr of the Qurʾān Facilitated by Allāh the Most Kind & Benefactor

by Shaykh ʿAbdurraḥmān ibn Nāṣir As-Saʿdī

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Liʻā is the case in which the husband accuses his wife of adultery
and he does not have four witnesses to establish his claim against the
wife, who refuses to confess and persists in denying the accusation.
Consequently, the husband as well as the one who accuses chaste
women of fornication receive a punishment of eighty lashes unless
he invokes Allāh four times that he is telling the truth regarding his
claim. Then, in the fifth call, he has to invoke Allāh's curse upon
himself if he is lying. As a result, the Hadd punishment -whipping
or imprisonment-will be imposed on her until she confesses. For the
accused wife, in order to avert the punishment, she has to counter
such an accusation with liʻān by invoking Allāh's name four times
that the husband is lying regarding his indictment of fornication.
While swearing for the fifth time, she has to invoke Allāh's curse upon
herself if he is telling the truth.

248 pages, Hardcover

Published August 8, 2023