Hazrat Maymun states that when this verse of the Holy Qur'an was revealed { وَالَّذِینَ یَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ یَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَۃِ شُہَدَائَ فَاجْلِدُوہُمْ ثَمَانِینَ جَلْدَۃً وَلاَ تَقْبَلُوا لَہُمْ شَہَادَۃً أَبَدًا }, a man said that if someone sees his wife in a situation that is unbearable for him, should he go and gather four men? By then, the man would have finished his act. And if he mentions this matter, he will be flogged, his testimony will not be accepted, and he will be counted among the transgressors. Upon this, the verse of Li'an was revealed. The man who had raised this issue was the first to be subjected to the ruling of Li'an.