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Drawing Lots For A Child If Several Men Dispute Over Him

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Darussalam · Volume 4

27. The Book Of Divorce

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الحديث: 3490 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 183

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3520. It was narrated that Zaid bin Arqam said: "I was with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and 'Alī, may Allāh be pleased with him, was in Yemen at that time. A man came to him and said: 'I saw 'Alī when three men were brought to him who all claimed (to be the father) of a child. 'Alī said to one of them: Will you give the child up to him? And he refused. He said to (the next one): Will you give the child up to him? And he refused. He said to (the next one): Will you give the child up to him? And he refused. 'Alī said: You are disputing partners. I will cast lots among you, and whoever wins the draw, the child is for him, and he has to pay two-thirds of the Diyah.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ laughed so much that his back teeth became visible."

Arabic text

3490 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ الْأَجْلَحِ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِالْيَمَنِ، فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا أُتِيَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ نَفَرٍ ادَّعَوْا وَلَدَ امْرَأَةٍ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِأَحَدِهِمْ: تَدَعُهُ لِهَذَا؟ فَأَبَى وَقَالَ لِهَذَا: تَدَعُهُ لِهَذَا؟ فَأَبَى، وَقَالَ لِهَذَا: تَدَعُهُ لِهَذَا؟ فَأَبَى، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: أَنْتُمْ شُرَكَاءُ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ وَسَأَقْرَعُ بَيْنَكُمْ، فَأَيُّكُمْ أَصَابَتْهُ الْقُرْعَةُ فَهُوَ لَهُ وَعَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَا الدِّيَةِ، «فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ»

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