Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "My example and the example o the people is like that of a person who lit a fire and let the moths, butterflies and these insects fall in it." He also said, "There were two women, each of whom had a child with her. A wolf came and took away the child of one of them, whereupon the other said, 'It has taken your child.' The first said, 'But it has taken your child.' So they both carried the case before David who judged that the living child be given to the elder lady. So both of them went to Solomon bin David and informed him (of the case). He said, 'Bring me a knife so as to cut the child into two pieces and distribute it between them.' The younger lady said, 'May Allah be merciful to you! Don't do that, for it is her (i.e. the other lady's) child.' So he gave the child to the younger lady." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3426)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَمَا امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَاهُمَا جَاءَ الذِّئْبُ فَذَهَبَ بِابْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا فَقَالَتْ هَذِهِ لِصَاحِبَتِهَا إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ وَقَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ فَتَحَاكَمَتَا إِلَى دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلْكُبْرَى فَخَرَجَتَا عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بنِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَأَخْبَرَتَاهُ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي بِالسِّكِّينِ أَشُقُّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَتِ الصُّغْرَى لَا تَفْعَلْ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ هُوَ ابْنُهَا فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلصُّغْرَى وَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ وَاللهِ إِنْ سَمِعْتُ بِالسِّكِّينِ قَطُّ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ وَمَا كُنَّا نَقُولُ إِلَّا الْمُدْيَةَ  

[Machine] "Narrated by the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , that two women had a dispute over the remaining child after one of their sons was eaten by a wolf. They came to Dawood (David), ﷺ , for judgment, and he ruled in favor of the elder woman. When they went to Sulayman (Solomon), ﷺ , he asked them about how Dawood ruled between them. They informed him, and he said, 'Bring me a knife.' Abu Hurayrah said, 'I was the first to hear that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , called the knife a mediyah.' The younger one asked why he wanted a knife. He said, 'To cut the child in half and give each of you one part.' She said, 'Give him to her,' while the elder one said, 'No, divide him between us.' So he ruled in favor of the younger woman, and he said, 'If he were your son, you would not be pleased to have him cut in half.'"  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ أَكَلَ أَحَدَ ابْنَيْهِمَا الذِّئْبُ فَجَاءَتَا إِلَى دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ تَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي الْبَاقِي فَقَضَى لِلْكُبْرَى فَلَمَّا خَرَجَتَا عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ كَيْفَ قَضَى بَيْنَكُمَا؟ فَأَخْبَرَتَاهُ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي بِالسِّكِّينِ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ السِّكِّينُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نُسَمِّيهِ الْمُدْيَةَ قَالَتِ الصُّغْرَى لِمَ؟ قَالَ لِأَشُقَّهُ بَيْنَكُمَا قَالَتِ ادْفَعْهُ إِلَيْهَا وَقَالَتِ الْكُبْرَى شُقَّهُ بَيْنَنَا قَالَ فَقَضَى لِلصُّغْرَى وَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ ابْنَكِ لَمْ تَرْضَيْ أَنْ تَشُقِّيهِ