Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 429

Rules relating to the admissibility of an action for li‘an (mutual imprecation) and denial of parentage. Some are contained in Kuwaiti law. Matters for which no provision exists are referred to the predominant opinion in the school of Imam Malik. Articles 176, 177 and 178 of Law 51/1984 concerning Personal Status. Example. - Li‘an according to the Maliki school may only be undertaken by a husband who accuses his wife of adultery without four witnesses. Non-application to him of the hadd punishment for an accusation of adultery. Its condition: his seeing his wife in the act of adultery. If this is not established, he is deemed an accuser of adultery. - 428 - Procedure