حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ النَّاسِ کَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَجَعَلَ الْفَرَاشُ وَهَذِهِ الدَّوَابُّ تَقَعُ فِي النَّارِ وَقَالَ کَانَتْ امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَاهُمَا جَائَ الذِّئْبُ فَذَهَبَ بِابْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا فَقَالَتْ صَاحِبَتُهَا إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِکِ وَقَالَتْ الْأُخْرَی إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِکِ فَتَحَاکَمَتَا إِلَی دَاوُدَ فَقَضَی بِهِ لِلْکُبْرَی فَخَرَجَتَا عَلَی سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ فَأَخْبَرَتَاهُ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي بِالسِّکِّينِ أَشُقُّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَتْ الصُّغْرَی لَا تَفْعَلْ يَرْحَمُکَ اللَّهُ هُوَ ابْنُهَا فَقَضَی بِهِ لِلصُّغْرَی قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ سَمِعْتُ بِالسِّکِّينِ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ وَمَا کُنَّا نَقُولُ إِلَّا الْمُدْيَةُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 3427
He also said, "There were two women, each of whom had a child with her. A wolf came and took away the child of one of them, whereupon the other said, 'It has taken your child.' The first said, 'But it has taken your child.' So they both carried the case before David who judged that the living child be given to the elder lady. So both of them went to Solomon bin David and informed him (of the case). He said, 'Bring me a knife so as to cut the child into two pieces and distribute it between them.' The younger lady said, 'May Allah be merciful to you! Don't do that, for it is her (i.e. the other lady's) child.' So he gave the child to the younger lady."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020