أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَرَجَتْ امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا صَبِيَّانِ لَهُمَا فَعَدَا الذِّئْبُ عَلَی إِحْدَاهُمَا فَأَخَذَ وَلَدَهَا فَأَصْبَحَتَا تَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي الصَّبِيِّ الْبَاقِي إِلَی دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام فَقَضَی بِهِ لِلْکُبْرَی مِنْهُمَا فَمَرَّتَا عَلَی سُلَيْمَانَ فَقَالَ کَيْفَ أَمْرُکُمَا فَقَصَّتَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي بِالسِّکِّينِ أَشُقُّ الْغُلَامَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَتْ الصُّغْرَی أَتَشُقُّهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَتْ لَا تَفْعَلْ حَظِّي مِنْهُ لَهَا قَالَ هُوَ ابْنُکِ فَقَضَی بِهِ لَهَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5418
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “Two women went out with two children of theirs, and the wolf attacked one of them and took her child. The next day they referred their dispute over the remaining child to Dawud, peace be upon him, and he ruled that (the child) belonged to the older woman. Then they passed by Sulaiman and he said: ‘What is your story?’ So they told him. He said: ‘Bring me a knife and I will cut him in half (to be shared) between you.’ The younger one said: ‘Will you cut him in half?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ She said: ‘Do not do that; I will give my share of him to her.’ He said: ‘He is your child, and he ruled that he belonged to her.”(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020