ENACTMENT No. 13 OF 2015 SYARIAH CRIMINAL CODE (II) (1993) 2015
PART I - HUDUD OFFENCES
Section 19. Al-li’an
(1) Al-li’an is an accusation of adultery by oath made by a husband against his wife, while his wife by an oath rejected the accusation, and both the accusation and rejection are made before a judge by uttering the words as specified in subsection (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) as the case may be.
(2) A husband who had made the accusation should repeat four times in a row following utterance:
Allah is my witness that I speak the truth that I accuse my wife .......... has committed adultery”.
(3) At the end of the four times he repeats the words contained in subsection (2), 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, then his wife shall also repeat four times in a row following pronouncement:
Allah is my witness that my husband ................. he lied in making the adultery accusation against me.
(5) At the end of the four times she repeats the words specified in subsection (4), she shall make the fifth utterance by saying:
“The wrath of Allah shall fall on me if my husband has spoken the truth.”
(6) If the wife has given birth or is pregnant, considered as the result of zina as accused by her husband, the husband shall deny being the father of the child who has been given birth or is still being conceived by adding to the pronouncement under subsection (2) that must be repeated four times a syllable, pronouncing the following:
“The child/what is being conceived by my wife is not from me.”