[Machine] Ali was in Yemen, and a woman was brought to him who had been with three different men in one state of ritual purity. He asked two men, "Do you both bear witness to this child being his (result)?" They did not bear witness. He then asked two other men, "Do you both bear witness to this child being his (result)?" They did not bear witness. He continued to ask pairs of men until he exhausted asking twos about ones (child). They did not bear witness. He then banged his hand between them and obliged the child upon whom the lot fell, and he imposed upon him two-thirds of the blood money. This matter was brought to the Prophet ﷺ , who laughed until his canine teeth were visible.
كَانَ عَلِيٌّ بِالْيَمَنِ فَأُتِيَ بِامْرَأَةٍ وَطِئَهَا ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ فِي طُهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَسَأَلَ اثْنَيْنِ أَتُقِرَّانِ لِهَذَا بِالْوَلَدِ؟ فَلَمْ يُقِرَّا ثُمَّ سَأَلَ اثْنَيْنِ أَتُقِرَّانِ لِهَذَا بِالْوَلَدِ؟ فَلَمْ يُقِرَّا ثُمَّ سَأَلَ اثْنَيْنِ حَتَّى فَرَغَ يَسْأَلُ اثْنَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ فَلَمْ يُقِرُّوا ثُمَّ أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَلْزَمَ الْوَلَدَ الَّذِي خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْعَةُ وَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَيِ الدِّيَةِ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ