Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 89

State of Kuwait · Personal Status · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Li‘an (mutual imprecation) under the Hanafi school. Its purpose. Accusing the wife of adultery alone, or of adultery and disavowing the child. Its procedures, conditions and form of oath. - Li‘an in the Hanafi school. Testimony. The consequence thereof. The conditions required for testimony are required for it. - Completion of li‘an between the spouses. Its consequence. Separation takes place and lineage is disavowed.
Arabic original
اللعان طبقاً للمذهب الحنفي. القصد منه. رمي الزوجة بالزنا المجرد أو بالزنا ونفي الولد. إجراءاته وشروطه وصيغة الحلف فيه. - اللعان في المذهب الحنفي. شهادة. أثر ذلك. يشترط فيه ما يشترط في الشهادة. - تمام حصول اللعان بين الزوجين. أثره. وقوع الفرقة ونفي النسب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٨/١٩٨٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢١/٣/١٩٨٨ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ١٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 336. PDF pages: 321.

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