سنن نسائی · Hadith 3525

It was narrated that Zaid bin Arqam said: “I was with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and ‘All, may Allah be pleased with him, was in Yemen at that time. A man came to him and said: ‘I saw ‘All when three men were brought to him who all claimed (to be the father) of a child. ‘Ali 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. ‘Ali 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 Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم laughed so much that his back teeth became visible.”

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020