ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2002 SHARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCE (HUDUD AND QISAS)
TERENGGANU ENACTMENT 1423H/2002M
PART III - QAZAF
Section 10. Al-li'an.
(1) Al-li’an is an accusation of zina on oath made by husband against his wife whilst the wife on oath rejects such accusation: and both the accusation and rejection on are made before a Judge by uttering words which according to Hukum Syarak are sufficient to prove al-li’an:and such words shall be as contained in subsection (2), (3), (4) and (5).
(2) The husband who makes the accusation shall repeat four times constructively the following utterance:
"Allah is my witness that I speak the truth that my wife .........(name)......... has committed zina."
(3) When he has completed repeating those words as contained in subsection (2) four times, he shall make the fifth utterance by saying:
"The curse of Allah shall fall on me if I have lied."
(4) To reject the accusation the wife shall also repeat four times consecutively the following utterance:
"Allah my witness that my husband ......(name)........ had lied in making this accusation against me."
(5) When she has completed repeating those words as contained in subsection (4) four times, she shall make the fifth utterance by saying;
"Allah's anger shall fall on me if my husband has spoken the truth."
(6) If the wife has given birth to a child or if she is pregnant, both the birth and the pregnancy being considered as the consequence of the zina alleged by the husband, he shall deny fathering the child by adding to the words in subsection (2) which shall be repeated four times the following utterance:
"The child, what is being carried by my wife is not from me."