Ibn Abbas (RA) reported: Mention was made of li'an in the presence of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . And Asim bin 'Adi passed a remark about it and then turned away, and a man of his tribe came to him complaining that he had found a man with his wife, whereupon 'Asim said: I have been taken by my words. He took him to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and told him about the man whom he had found with his wife and this man was a lean, yellow-coloured man with lank hair, and the person who was accused of committing adultery with her (his wife) had fleshy shanks, with wheat complexion and heavy bulk. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: O Allah, make (this case) manifest. And as she gave birth to a child, whose face resembled that person about whom her husband had made mention that he had found her with, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had asked them to invoke curses. A person said to Ibn 'Abbas (RA): Is she (that woman) about whom Allah's Messenger (may peace be upen him) (said): "If I were to stone anybody without evidence, I would have stoned her"? Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: No, it is not she. That woman was one who openly spread evil in society. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas (RA) through another chain of transmitters with the addition of these words: 'With flesh, and curly tangled hair."

'Abdullah b Shaddad reported that mention was made about the invokers of curses before Ibn 'Abbas (RA) . Ibn Shaddad said: Are these the two about whom Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said. "If I were to stone one without evidence, I would have definitely stoned her"? Ibn Abbas (RA) said: She is not this woman; but she is the one who (committed adultery) openly.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Sa'd bin 'Ubadah al-Ansari said: Messenger of Allah, tell me if a man finds his wife with another person, should he kill him? Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: No. Sa'd said: Why not? I swear by Him Who has honoured you with Truth. There upon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Listen to what your chief says.