أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ بَکَّارِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزِّنَادِ مِمَّا حَدَّثَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجُ مِمَّا ذَکَرَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ بِهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ وَقَالَ بَيْنَمَا امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَاهُمَا جَائَ الذِّئْبُ فَذَهَبَ بِابْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا فَقَالَتْ هَذِهِ لِصَاحِبَتِهَا إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِکِ وَقَالَتْ الْأُخْرَی إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِکِ فَتَحَاکَمَتَا إِلَی دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام فَقَضَی بِهِ لِلْکُبْرَی فَخَرَجَتَا إِلَی سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ فَأَخْبَرَتَاهُ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي بِالسِّکِّينِ أَشُقُّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَتْ الصُّغْرَی لَا تَفْعَلْ يَرْحَمُکَ اللَّهُ هُوَ ابْنُهَا فَقَضَی بِهِ لِلصُّغْرَی قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَاللَّهِ مَا سَمِعْتُ بِالسِّکِّينِ قَطُّ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ مَا کُنَّا نَقُولُ إِلَّا الْمُدْيَةَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5417
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “There were two women who had two children, and the wolf came and took away the son of one of them. She said to her companion: ‘It took away your son.’ The other one said: ‘No, it took away your son.’ They referred the matter to Dawud, peace be upon him, for judgment (about the remaining child) and he ruled in favor of the older one. Then they went out to Sulaiman bin Dawud and told him (about that). He said: ‘Give me a knife and I will cut him in half (to be shared) between you.’ The younger one said: ‘Do not do that, may Allah have mercy on you; he is her son.’ So he ruled that (the child) belonged to the younger woman.” Abu Hurairah said: “By Allah! I never heard ‘Sikktn’ used until that day. We would only say: ‘Mudyah.”(Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020