Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ لَمَّا قَذَفَ هِلَالُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ امْرَأَتَهُ قِيلَ لَهُ وَاللَّهِ لَيَجْلِدَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَضْرِبَنِي ثَمَانِينَ ضَرْبَةً وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَنْتُ وَسَمِعْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَنْتُ لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا يَضْرِبُنِي أَبَدًا قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ.
English Translation
When Hilal ibn Umayyah accused his wife (of adultery), it was said to him: 'By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) will surely flog you eighty lashes.' He said: 'Allah is more just than that — that He would have me struck eighty times when He knows that I saw it with certainty and heard it with certainty. No, by Allah, He will never strike me!' Then the verse of li'an (mutual cursing/oath) was revealed.