وَ لَا يَكُونُ اللِّعَانُ إِلَّا بِنَفْيِ الْوَلَدِ وَ إِذَا قَذَفَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ لَمْ يَنْتَفِ مِنْ وَلَدِهَا جُلِدَ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً فَإِنْ رَمَى امْرَأَتَهُ بِالْفُجُورِ وَ قَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا رَجُلًا يُجَامِعُهَا وَ أَنْكَرَ وَلَدَهَا فَإِنْ أَقَامَ عَلَيْهَا بِذَلِكَ أَرْبَعَةَ شُهُودٍ عُدُولٍ رُجِمَتْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُقِمْ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعَةَ شُهُودٍ لَاعَنَهَا فَإِنِ امْتَنَعَ مِنْ لِعَانِهَا ضُرِبَ حَدَّ الْمُفْتَرِي ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً فَإِنْ لَاعَنَهَا دُرِئَ عَنْهُ الْحَدُّ.
Lian only occurs when the husband denies the paternity of a child. If a man accuses his wife of adultery without denying his child, he is to be lashed eighty times. However, if a man accuses his wife of adultery and says, "I saw a man between her legs having intercourse with her," and he also denies the child, then if he brings forward four just witnesses, she is to be stoned. If he cannot present four witnesses, he must perform lian against her. If he refuses to perform lian, he is subjected to the punishment for false accusation (qadhf), which is eighty lashes. But if he performs lian, the punishment is lifted from him.
