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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 4970 — from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam

حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ، ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ حَضْرَمَوْتَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، أَنَّ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ كَانَ بِالْيَمَنِ فَأَتَاهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِي وَلَدٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ ابْنُهُ، فَخَلَا بِاثْنَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: «أَتَطِيبَانِ نَفْسًا لِهَذَا بِالْوَلَدِ؟» قَالَا: لَا، ثُمَّ خَلَا بِاثْنَيْنِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَا: لَا، فَقَالَ: «أَرَاكُمَ شُرَكَاءَ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ، وَأَنَا مُقْرِعٌ بَيْنَكُمْ» فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَجَعَلَ الْوَلَدَ لِلَّذِي أَصَابَتْهُ الْقُرْعَةُ، وَغَرَّمَهُ ثُلُثَيِ الدِّيَةِ لِلْبَاقِينَ
A man from Hadramawt narrates from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was in Yemen when three men came to him disputing over a child, each claiming that he was his son. He took two of them aside and asked: "Are you willing at heart to leave the child to this (third) one?" They said: "No." Then he took two aside and asked them the same, and they too said: "No." So he said: "I see that you are quarrelling partners, and I will cast lots between you." So he cast lots between them and assigned the child to the one whose lot came out, and imposed on him a penalty of two-thirds of the blood money (diyah) for the other two.
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الزاي / 4970
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 5، صفحہ 172، حدیث 4989