Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Umar and a falsely accused woman

A woman was brought to Umar; who being infatuated by an Ansari youth had tried to entice him to have relations with her.

But the man was not attracted to her. So that female devised a plot thereby, in which she brought an egg, broke it; then threw away its yolk and applied the white to her legs and garments. She came with other ladies and complained to Umar:

“Chief of believers, this man forced me to commit fornication and degraded me among my people.” Umar asked the ladies to investigate the matter. After examining the girl, they concluded that traces of semen were visible on her body and clothes.

Umar decided to punish the youth. The young man wailed: “Chief of believers, hold your hand, by God, I am not guilty.

On the contrary this woman invited me to sleep with her, but I declined.”

Umar asked Ameerul Momineen (a.s.): “O Abul Hasan, what is your opinion?”

His Eminence (a.s.) glanced at the garments of that woman and said: “Get some boiling water.”

Then he poured the hot water on the dress and suddenly the white albumen thickened and all could smell it. They even tasted it and found that it was egg.

At this moment His Eminence (a.s.) reproached the female and she confessed.
(Al-Tarqul Hukmiya, 47)

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