Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 24882 — A weaver against whom a claim of yarn

It is narrated from al-Sha'bi that there was a wool weaver (a yarn spinner) in whose house was people's yarn. A fire broke out in his house, and people's yarn was burned in that fire as well. Only three balls of wool remained with him. He brought them to Shurayh, and two women were with him. One of them said, "This is my yarn," and the other woman said, "No, by Allah, it is mine." He took one of them aside and asked her, "On what did you wind your ball of yarn?" She said, "On a walnut shell." He asked the other woman, "On what did you wind your ball of yarn?" She said, "On a piece of bread." He said: "O weaver, go and unwind these balls of yarn and look: if it is on a walnut shell, give it to this one, and if it is on a piece of bread, give it to that one."