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سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب الطلاق
The Book of Divorce
بَابُ : الْقُرْعَةِ فِي الْوَلَدِ إِذَا تَنَازَعُوا فِيهِ وَذِكْرِ الاِخْتِلاَفِ عَلَى الشَّعْبِيِّ فِيهِ فِي حَدِيثِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ
Chapter: Drawing Lots For A Child If Several Men Dispute Over Him
Sunan Nasai 3519 — Drawing Lots For A Child If Several Men Dispute
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ ، عَنْ الْأَجْلَحِ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ ، قَالَ : بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْيَمَنِ ، فَجَعَلَ يُخْبِرُهُ وَيُحَدِّثُهُ وَعَلِيٌّ بِهَا ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَتَى عَلِيًّا ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَخْتَصِمُونَ فِي وَلَدٍ ، وَقَعُوا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ فِي طُهْرٍ ، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ .
´It was narrated that Zaid bin Arqam said:` "While we were with the Messenger of Allah, a man came to him from Yemen and started telling him (about an incident) while 'Ali was still in Yemen. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, three men were brought to 'Ali who were disputing about a child, and they all had intercourse with a woman during a single menstrual cycle.'" And he quoted the same Hadith.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
The aforementioned narration has been declared weak in its chain by the researcher of the book, rahimahullah, due to the narrator Ajlah. The hadith scholars have criticized Ajlah on account of his weak memory. However, here Salih al-Hamdani is corroborating Ajlah, and his narration is authentic. See the previous hadith (3518); therefore, both this narration and the following one are authentic. Allamah al-Albani, rahimahullah, has declared it authentic. See: (Sunan Abi Dawud (detailed) by al-Albani, no. 1963)
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 3519
