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Sunan an-Nasa'i 5403

The Judge is Allowed to Speak of Something That He Will Not Actually Do in Order to Establish the Truth

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أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ

خَرَجَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا صَبِيَّانِ لَهُمَا فَعَدَا الذِّئْبُ عَلَى إِحْدَاهُمَا فَأَخَذَ وَلَدَهَا فَأَصْبَحَتَا تَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي الصَّبِيِّ الْبَاقِي إِلَى دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلْكُبْرَى مِنْهُمَا فَمَرَّتَا عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ أَمْرُكُمَا فَقَصَّتَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي بِالسِّكِّينِ أَشُقُّ الْغُلاَمَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَتِ الصُّغْرَى أَتَشُقُّهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَتْ لاَ تَفْعَلْ حَظِّي مِنْهُ لَهَا قَالَ هُوَ ابْنُكِ فَقَضَى بِهِ لَهَا

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān
  2. Shuʿayb b. al-Layth
  3. al-Layth
  4. Ibn ʿAjlān
  5. Abū al-Zinād
  6. al-Aʿraj
  7. Abū Hurayrah
  8. Rasūl Allāh ﷺ

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] 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."

Grades by grader

Zubair Ali ZaiSoundfawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com
Abu GhuddahSahihfawazahmed0
al-AlbaniSoundin صحيح سنن النسائي, p. 5418fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked

Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 3426Sahih Muslim 1720aSahih Muslim 1720bMusnad Ahmad 8280Sahih Ibn Hibban 5066al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 5929

Narrators

  1. Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī
    The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
    أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
    عن
  2. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Hurmuz al-Aʿraj
    trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a scholar (ʿālim)d. 110 AH, or 117 AH, 119 AH
    الْأَعْرَجِثقة ثبت عالم
    عن
  3. Abū al-Zinād
    trustworthy (thiqah), jurist (faqīh)d. 129 AH, or 130 AH, or 131 AH, also said: 132 AH
    أَبِي الزِّنَادِثقة ، فقيه
    عن
  4. Ibn ʿAjlān
    truthful (ṣadūq), except that the hadiths of Abū Hurayrah became confused for him (ikhtalaṭat ʿalayhi)d. 148 AH, or 149 AH, al-Dhahabī said in al-Kāshif 138 AH
    ابْنِ عَجْلَانَصدوق إلا أنه اختلطت عليه أحاديث أبي هريرة
    عن
  5. al-Layth b. Saʿd
    Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh), a well-known imamd. 175 AH, or 176 AH, or 177 AH
    اللَّيْثُثقة ثبت ، فقيه إمام مشهور
    حدثنا
  6. Abī
    trustworthy (thiqah), noble, a juristd. 199 AH, Ibrāhīm b. Naṣr said: 180 AH
    شُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِثقة نبيل فقيه
    حدثنا
  7. al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān
    trustworthy (thiqah)d. 270 AH
    الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَثقة
    أخبرنا
  8. al-Nasāʾī
    the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
    النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

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