أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ الْأَجْلَحِ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ کُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ 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 فَأَبَی وَقَالَ لِهَذَا تَدَعُهُ لِهَذَا فَأَبَی وَقَالَ لِهَذَا تَدَعُهُ لِهَذَا فَأَبَی قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنْتُمْ شُرَکَائُ مُتَشَاکِسُونَ وَسَأَقْرَعُ بَيْنَکُمْ فَأَيُّکُمْ أَصَابَتْهُ الْقُرْعَةُ فَهُوَ لَهُ وَعَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَا الدِّيَةِ فَضَحِکَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّی بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3523
It was narrated that Zaid bin Arqam said: “Three men were brought to ‘All while he was in Yemen; they all had intercourse with a woman during a single menstrual cycle. He asked two of them: ‘Do you affirm that this child belongs to (the third man)?’ And they said: ‘No.’ He asked another two of them: ‘Do you affirm that this child belongs to (the third man)?’ And they said: ‘No.’ So he cast lots between them, and attributed the child to the one whome the lot fell, and obliged him to pay two-thirds of the Diyah. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was told of this, and he laughed so much that his back teeth became visible.” (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020