Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 24386 — Reconciling litigants

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I saw Judge Shurayh rule for a settlement only once. It happened that a black man entrusted eighty dirhams to a woman. Later the woman moved her belongings about, and the dirhams were lost while with her. So they took the dispute to Shurayh. Shurayh said: Do you accuse her, then? He said: No. He said: If you wish, take fifty dirhams.