such as if the husband performs li'an in the mosque and the woman at its door, due to the impossibility of her entering, it is permissible.

Section: If the spouses know Arabic, it is not permissible for them to perform li'an in any other language, because li'an was revealed in the Quran in the Arabic tongue. If they cannot do that, it is permissible for them to perform li'an in their own language due to the necessity. If the judge understands their language, that suffices, and it is recommended that four people who understand their language be present with him. If the judge does not understand their language, then a translator is necessary. The Qadi said: It does not suffice for the translation to have fewer than two upright ('adl) witnesses. This is the opinion of al-Shafi'i and the apparent opinion of al-Khiraqi, because he said: 'There is not accepted in translation from a non-Arab whom one has brought to judgment, if one does not know his language, fewer than two upright witnesses who know his language.' Abu al-Khattab mentioned another narration that the statement of one upright witness suffices, [which is the opinion of Abu Hanifa], and we will mention that in another place, if Allah the Almighty wills.

1336 - Issue: He said: (And if there is a child between them in the li'an, the child is mentioned, so when he says: "I bear witness by Allah that she has committed zina," he says: "And this child is not my child." And we say to her: "Bear witness by Allah that he has lied, and this child is his child.")

To summarize this: Whenever the li'an is for the negation of a child, it is necessary to mention the child in their li'an. Al-Shafi'i said: The woman does not need to mention him because she is not negating him; only the husband needs to mention him in order to negate him. Abu Bakr said: Neither of them needs to mention him, and he is negated by the dissolution of the marriage bed. Our position is that whoever has a right invalidated by li'an, mentioning it is a condition of it, like the woman. The woman is one of the two spouses, so mentioning the child is a condition in her li'an just as it is for the husband, and because they are mutually swearing an oath regarding something, so mentioning it is a condition in their mutual swearing, like those who differ in an oath.