The benefits derived from the saying of Allah the Exalted: << و الخامسة أن غضب الله عليهآ إن كان من الصادقين >
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In this, too, there is evidence for the wisdom in li'an, where the man is singled out for the curse by invoking the curse upon himself, while the woman is singled out for the invocation of anger upon herself. We have previously referred to this and explained it...
The student: ...?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. The fact that the husband curses himself if he is lying is because his accusation of her with zina distances her from chastity, and from himself and his children. So it was fitting here for him to invoke the curse upon himself, which is expulsion and distancing. And as for her?
The student: As for her, Allah's anger is upon her because she knew the truth...
The Shaykh : ...that if he was truthful, she had known the truth and denied it. And the consequence of that is anger, or its punishment is anger. Whoever knows the truth and rejects it is punished with anger. Now, that is one point, and the second is...
The student: ...?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. The fact that the husband curses himself if he is lying is because his accusation of her with zina distances her from chastity, and from himself and his children. So it was fitting here for him to invoke the curse upon himself, which is expulsion and distancing. And as for her?
The student: As for her, Allah's anger is upon her because she knew the truth...
The Shaykh : ...that if he was truthful, she had known the truth and denied it. And the consequence of that is anger, or its punishment is anger. Whoever knows the truth and rejects it is punished with anger. Now, that is one point, and the second is...