[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ chose a boy between his father and his mother.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَيَّرَ غُلَامًا بَيْنَ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ  

While I was sitting with AbuHurayrah, a Persian woman came to him along with a son of hers. She had been divorced by her husband and they both claimed him. She said: AbuHurayrah, speaking to him in Persian, my husband wishes to take my son away. AbuHurayrah said: Cast lots for him, saying it to her in a foreign language. Then her husband came and asked: Who is disputing with me about my son? AbuHurayrah said: O Allah, I do not say this, except that I heard a woman who came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was sitting with him, and she said: My husband wishes to take away my son, Messenger of Allah, and he draws water for me from the well of AbuInabah, and he has been good to me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Cast lots for him. Her husband said: Who is disputing with me about my son? The Prophet ﷺ said: This is your father and this your mother, so take whichever of them you wish by the hand. So he took his mother's hand and she went away with him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2277)   

أَنَّ أَبَا مَيْمُونَةَ سُلَيْمًا مَوْلًى مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلَ صِدْقٍ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَارِسِيَّةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنٌ لَهَا فَادَّعَيَاهُ وَقَدْ طَلَّقَهَا زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَطَنَتْ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ اسْتَهِمَا عَلَيْهِ وَرَطَنَ لَهَا بِذَلِكَ فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ يُحَاقُّنِي فِي وَلَدِي؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ هَذَا إِلَّا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا قَاعِدٌ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي وَقَدْ سَقَانِي مِنْ بِئْرِ أَبِي عِنَبَةَ وَقَدْ نَفَعَنِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْتَهِمَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا مَنْ يُحَاقُّنِي فِي وَلَدِي؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَذَا أَبُوكَ وَهَذِهِ أُمُّكَ فَخُذْ بِيَدِ أَيِّهِمَا شِئْتَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الرُّوذْبَارِيِّ وَحَدِيثُ ابْنِ بِشْرَانَ أَقْصَرُ مِنْهُ وَالْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ  

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ after her husband divorced her, and she wanted to take custody of her child. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked for advice, and the man said, "Who would prevent me from being with my child?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the son, "Choose whichever of them you want." So, he chose his mother, and she went away with him.  

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَدْ طَلَّقَهَا زَوْجُهَا فَأَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ وَلَدَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَهِمَا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ مَنْ يَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ وَلَدِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلِابْنِ اخْتَرْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ فَاخْتَارَ أُمَّهُ فَذَهَبَتْ بِهِ  

My daughter; she is weaned or about to wean. Rafi' said: My daughter. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: Be seated on a side. And he said to her: Be seated on a side. He then seated the girl between them, and said to them: Call her. The girl inclined to her mother. The Prophet ﷺ said: O Allah! guide her. The daughter then inclined to her father, and he took her. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2244)   

أَنْ تُسْلِمَ فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتِ ابْنَتِي وَهِيَ فَطِيمٌ وَقَالَ رَافِعٌ ابْنَتِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِرَافِعٍ اقْعُدْ نَاحِيَةً وَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ اقْعُدِي نَاحِيَةً قَالَ وَأَقْعَدَ الصَّبِيَّةَ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ ادْعُوَاهَا فَمَالَتِ الصَّبِيَّةُ إِلَى أُمِّهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اللهُمَّ اهْدِهَا فَمَالَتْ إِلَى أَبِيهَا فَأَخَذَهَا رَافِعُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ جَدُّ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ  

خَيَّرَنِي عَلِيٌّ ؓ بَيْنَ أُمِّي وَعَمِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَخٍ لِي أَصْغَرَ مِنِّي وَهَذَا أَيْضًا لَوْ قَدْ بَلَغَ مَبْلَغَ هَذَا لَخَيَّرْتُهُ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ مِثْلَهُ وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَكُنْتُ ابْنَ سَبْعٍ أَوْ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ 15762 وَرَوَى الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي الْقَدِيمِ وَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ فِي مَسْمُوعِنَا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ خَيَّرَ غُلَامًا بَيْنَ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ