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the hsband swears by Allah four times. that he is correct In his
accusation. Then the wife swears by Allah four V. ines that her
husband is lying and she then swears a further time that the curse of
Allah will be on her if he is right. Then they separate. LJ"Z must be
undertaken under the supervision of a judge and before people, as
happened in the Prophet's time. The Qurlan explains clearly this
kind of divorce in this verse:
"And for those who launch a charge against their spouse,
and have (in support) no evidence but their own, their
solitary evidence (can be received) if they bear witness
four times (with an Oath) by God that they are solemnly
telling the truth; and the fifth Oath (should be)
that they solemnly invoke the curse of God on themselves
if they tell a lie. But it would avert the punishment
from the wife, if she bears witness four times (with an
Oath) by God that (her husband) is telling a lie : and
the fifth Oath should be that she solemnly invokes the
wrath of God on herself if (her accuser) is telling
the truth. " 1
Among the results of Al-LJ. Zn are the following:
A husband will never be allowed to remarry his wife; Al-LeWn
is an irrevocable kind of divorde. The reason for this is that they
are no longer able to trust each other; marriage cannot continue
with doubts and lack of confidence between a couple. Marital life
needs to be based on mutual confidence and love.
2. Neither the man or the woman will be punished for adultery or
for ungrounded accusation. Ibn Umar narrated that allah's Apostle
separated
(divorced) the wife from the husband when he accused her of
illegal sexual intercourse, and made them take the oath of Lican.
3., If the wife has got a baby whom the husband denies is his then
the baby belongs to his mother and will not be entitled to inherit from
1., Q. 24,6-10
2. ' Sahih al Bukhari, P. 179
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