Narrated Ibn `Abbas:Hilal bin Umaiya accused his wife of committing illegal sexual intercourse with Sharik bin Sahma' and filed the case before the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to Hilal), "Either you bring forth a proof (four witnesses) or you will receive the legal punishment (lashes) on your back." Hilal said, "O Allah's Apostle! If anyone of us saw a man over his wife, would he go to seek after witnesses?" The Prophet (ﷺ) kept on saying, "Either you bring forth the witnesses or you will receive the legal punishment (lashes) on your back." Hilal then said, "By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I am telling the truth and Allah will reveal to you what will save my back from legal punishment." Then Gabriel came down and revealed to him:-- 'As for those who accuse their wives...' (24.6-9) The Prophet (ﷺ) recited it till he reached: '... (her accuser) is telling the truth.' Then the Prophet (ﷺ) left and sent for the woman, and Hilal went (and brought) her and then took the oaths (confirming the claim). The Prophet (ﷺ) was saying, "Allah knows that one of you is a liar, so will any of you repent?" Then the woman got up and took the oaths and when she was going to take the fifth one, the people stopped her and said, "It (the fifth oath) will definitely bring Allah's curse on you (if you are guilty)." So she hesitated and recoiled (from taking the oath) so much that we thought that she would withdraw her denial. But then she said, "I will not dishonor my family all through these days," and carried on (the process of taking oaths). The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "Watch her; if she delivers a black-eyed child with big hips and fat shins then it is Sharik bin Sahma's child." Later she delivered a child of that description. So the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If the case was not settled by Allah's Law, I would punish her severely."
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 4747
In-book reference
Book 65, Hadith 269
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 271
Translation by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan · Language: EN
Sahih
It is related from Ibn 'Abbas that Hilal ibn Umayya accused his wife of adultery with Sharik ibn Sahma' in the presence of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The clear proof or the hadd will be enforced on your back.' He said, 'Messenger of Allah, if one of us were to see a man on top of his wife, would he then go looking for the proof?' He continued to say, 'The clear proof or the hadd will be enforced on your back.' Hilal said, 'By the One who sent you with the Truth, I am telling the truth, so Allah will reveal what will save my back from the hadd.' Then Jibril came down and revealed to him, 'Those who make an accusation against their wives ...to... he is lying.' (25:6-9) The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then sent for the woman and Hilal came and testified. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Allah knows that one of you is lying, so will one of you repent?' Then the woman got up and testified. When she reached the fifth oath, the people stopped her and said, 'It will become mandatory (the anger of Allah if she is lying).' She paused and recoiled until we thought that she would retract. Then she said, 'I will not disgrace my people for the rest of time,' and she continued. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Watch her. If she brings forth a child that is black-eyed, with large buttocks and fleshy legs, it belongs to Sharik ibn Sahma'.' She bore a child who was like that. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'If it had been decided in the Book of Allah, I would have done something else with her.'"
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 4747
In-book reference
Book 65, Hadith 269
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 271
Translation by Aisha Bewley · Language: EN
Sahih