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سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب آداب القضاةThe Book of the Etiquette of Judges
بَابُ : السَّعَةِ لِلْحَاكِمِ فِي أَنْ يَقُولَ لِلشَّىْءِ الَّذِي لاَ يَفْعَلُهُ افْعَلْ لِيَسْتَبِينَ الْحَقَّChapter: The Judge is Allowed to Speak of Something That He Will Not Actually Do in Order to Establish the Truth
Hadith 5405
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " خَرَجَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا صَبِيَّانِ لَهُمَا ، فَعَدَا الذِّئْبُ عَلَى إِحْدَاهُمَا فَأَخَذَ وَلَدَهَا ، فَأَصْبَحَتَا تَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي الصَّبِيِّ الْبَاقِي إِلَى دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام ، فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلْكُبْرَى مِنْهُمَا ، فَمَرَّتَا عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ ، فَقَالَ : كَيْفَ أَمْرُكُمَا ؟ فَقَصَّتَا عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : ائْتُونِي بِالسِّكِّينِ أَشُقُّ الْغُلَامَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَقَالَتِ الصُّغْرَى : أَتَشُقُّهُ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، فَقَالَتْ : لَا تَفْعَلْ حَظِّي مِنْهُ لَهَا ، قَالَ : هُوَ ابْنُكِ فَقَضَى بِهِ لَهَا " .
´It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:` 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."
Brief Explanation
1؎ : The correspondence with the chapter lies in this very sentence. The intention of Sulayman (alayhis salam) was not to actually cut the child into pieces and divide him; rather, by this method, he wanted to identify the real mother of the child. In reality, the one to whom the child belonged (the younger woman) was not willing to have the child cut into pieces, whereas the one to whom the child did not belong remained silent. How could she have any love for another’s child? That is why she remained silent regarding the child being cut. In this way, he ascertained the truth of the matter.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
It is understood that employing a stratagem (hila) is permissible for establishing the truth or for knowing the truth. The stratagem is impermissible when it is used to establish falsehood or to invalidate someone’s rightful claim. Thus, the permissibility or impermissibility of a stratagem depends on the objective. If the objective is truth, then the stratagem is also truthful; if the objective is impermissible, then the stratagem is also impermissible. For example: some individuals wearing cloaks and turbans have devised stratagems to evade zakat or to nullify the right of pre-emption (shuf‘a); not only are these stratagems religiously unlawful and impermissible, but they also fall below even the lowest standard of morality and decency.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 5405
