Islamic Fiqh > Marriage and family > Lian (mutual imprecation) > The effects of lian: lineage and separation
Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
The li'an, the mutual imprecation pronounced by a husband and his wife when the husband accuses her of adultery without proof, produces precise legal effects in Islamic law: the fate of the punishment for slander, the dissolution of the marital bond, the lineage of the denied child, and the rules of inheritance. The eight leaves that follow treat these effects question by question according to the four schools of law. Each cites the positions of the imams with their evidence: verses, hadiths, and the opinions of the Companions, with their classical references.