07-16-2003, 02:39 PM
Mash a Allah Amira
Yes it was Hilal Ibn Umaiah, who after revealing the verse requiring four witenesses to prove an incident of adultry.
He came to the prophet saying that he witenesses a man with his wife and that he saw it with his own eyes. But did not provide 4 witnesses. The whole situation became very tight. At this point the Messenger of Allah salah Allah a`aleye wa salam was ready to apply the punishment of beating one who accuses of adultry without witensses when Allah made Hilal a way out with revealing this Ayah