If a Muslim husband has falsely charged his wife with adultery, the process of retract is called

Li'an (mutual imprecation) is the procedure that follows when a husband accuses his wife of adultery without being able to prove it: he swears four times to the charge and calls God's curse on himself if he lies, and the wife may deny it on oath in the same way, after which the marriage is dissolved. If the husband retracts the charge before the proceedings end, the li'an fails.

In India a false charge of adultery is treated as cruelty that entitles the wife to divorce (Tufail Ahmad v. Jamila Khatun). Zihar is the husband comparing his wife to a woman within the prohibited degrees, and ila is a vow to abstain from intercourse.