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If a lady claims to be the mother of a son.

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Darussalam · Volume 8

85 - THE BOOK OF Al-FARA’ID (THE LAWS OF INHERITANCE)

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الحديث: 6769 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 156

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6769. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "There were two women and with them were their two sons. A wolf came and took away the son of one of them. That lady said to her companion, 'The wolf has taken your son.' The other said, 'But it has taken your son.' So both of them sought the judgement of (the Prophet) Dāwūd (David) عليه السلام who judged that the boy should be given to the older lady. Then both of them went to (the Prophet) Sulaimān (Solomon), son of Dāwūd and informed him of the case. Sulaimān said, 'Give me a knife so that I may cut the child into two portions and give half to each of you.' The younger lady said, 'Do not do so; may Allāh bless you! He is her child.' On that, (Prophet) Sulaimān gave the child to the younger lady." Abū Hurairah added: By Allāh! I had never heard the word 'Sikkīn' as meaning knife, except on that day, for we used to call it 'Mudya.'

Arabic text

6769 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو اليَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " كَانَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَاهُمَا، جَاءَ الذِّئْبُ فَذَهَبَ بِابْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا، فَقَالَتْ لِصَاحِبَتِهَا: إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ ، وَقَالَتِ الأُخْرَى: إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ، فَتَحَاكَمَتَا إِلَى دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلْكُبْرَى، فَخَرَجَتَا عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ فَأَخْبَرَتَاهُ، فَقَالَ: ائْتُونِي بِالسِّكِّينِ أَشُقُّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَقَالَتِ الصُّغْرَى: لاَ تَفْعَلْ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ هُوَ ابْنُهَا فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلصُّغْرَى " قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: «وَاللَّهِ إِنْ سَمِعْتُ بِالسِّكِّينِ قَطُّ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ، وَمَا كُنَّا نَقُولُ إِلَّا المُدْيَةَ»

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