Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) separated the couple who performed li'an and gave this ruling: the man is neither responsible for the woman's residence nor her maintenance, because they have separated without divorce, and this woman is not among those whose husband has died. He also ruled that the child of this woman will not be attributed to the father, nor will the woman be accused, nor will her child be accused, and whoever accuses the woman or her child, the punishment for false accusation (qadhf) will be carried out on him.