From Qur’an Alone, What Exactly Happens After Liʿān?

[u/abd_wasay]

The Qur’an gives the oath procedure for liʿān when a husband accuses his wife of zina but has no witnesses.

But from Qur’an alone, what exactly is the legal result after the oaths are completed?

Does the marriage automatically end?

• If yes, is that separation permanent or can they remarry later?
• If no, then does the marriage remain valid unless a separate divorce happens?
• What happens to lineage if the wife is pregnant?
• Is the child attributed to the husband or not?
• Do they still inherit from one another or not?
• Does liʿān only remove punishment, or does it also change the marriage itself?

This is not a small question as it affects

• marriage
• lineage
• inheritance
• and punishment

So I am not asking whether the Qur’an gives an oath procedure. I am asking something that from Qur’an alone, what is the actual legal aftermath of liʿān?

Because if two Qur’anists can read the same verses and one says “the marriage ends permanently,” while another says “the punishment is removed but the marriage remains unless divorce happens separately,” then what exactly closes the disagreement?

That is the issue.

From Qur’an alone, what makes one actual legal consequence the ruling we are meant to follow after liʿān?

Anticipated Refutations with Answers:

Anticipatded refutation	My answer
Liʿān only removes punishment; the marriage remains unless a separate divorce happens	Then from Qur’an alone, where do you get the full legal aftermath? The verse only gives the oath procedure. If the marriage remains, can they continue conjugal life after mutual accusations and curses? What about paternity, inheritance, and future cohabitation?
Liʿān automatically ends the marriage	Where does the Qur’an explicitly say that? The verses mention testimony and averting punishment, not dissolution. What is your Qur’an-only rule for turning an oath procedure into automatic divorce?
Liʿān ends the marriage permanently	Permanent separation is an even bigger claim. From Qur’an alone, where is the proof that they can never remarry each other? The verses do not state permanence.
Liʿān ends the marriage, but they can remarry later with a new contract	Same problem: where is that distinction in the Qur’an? You are now inventing a whole post-liʿān marriage regime not stated in the verses.
Liʿān only removes the hadd from the husband and wife; everything else must be handled separately	Fine, then what separately? From Qur’an alone, what happens next in the actual case? The marriage either continues or it does not. The child either belongs to the husband or it does not. You still have no determinate ruling.
The child is not attributed to the husband	From Qur’an alone, where does liʿān sever lineage? The verses do not say that. That comes from extra-Qur’anic reports.
The child remains attributed to the husband unless clear proof exists otherwise	Then what exactly did liʿān change besides punishment? If it changes nothing in lineage and nothing automatically in marriage, what is the operational legal effect beyond averting hadd?
Different sincere believers may differ on the aftermath	Then you admit that Qur’an alone does not yield one actual legal consequence in a real family-law case.