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Bayhaqi 21284 — One who said lots are drawn between them when there

وَأَصَحُّ مَا رُوِيَ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ مَا: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ، ثنا شَبَابَةُ، ثنا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ، أَوِ ابْنِ الْخَلِيلِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّ ثَلَاثَةً اشْتَرَكُوا فِي طُهْرِ امْرَأَةٍ، فَادَّعَوَا الْوَلَدَ، فَأَمَرَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ رَجُلًا أَنْ يُقْرِعَ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَأَمَرَ الَّذِي قَرَعَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ الْآخَرِينَ ثُلُثَيِ الدِّيَةِ، وَيَكُونَ الْوَلَدُ لَهُ، وَهَذَا مَوْقُوفٌ. وَابْنُ الْخَلِيلِ يَنْفَرِدُ بِهِ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فِي الْقَدِيمِ وَفِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ، وَعَبْدِ اللهِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا، وَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ لَوْ ثَبَتَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْنَا بِهِ، وَكَانَتِ الْحُجَّةُ فِيهِ..
Abu al-Khalil or Ibn al-Khalil narrates from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that a group of three men had shared in a woman's period of purity, and they all claimed the child. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) decided between them by lot: the one whose name the lot fell on was to pay his companions 2/3 of the blood money (diyah), and the child would be his.
This is the most authentic of what has been narrated on this subject. It is mawquf (stopping at Ali), and Ibn al-Khalil is alone in narrating it, and Allah knows best. Al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned this hadith in al-Qadim and in Kitab Ali wa Abdullah, and stated that if it were established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we would hold by it and it would be the proof.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الدعوى والبينات / 21284
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