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bayhaqi:21265Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > a manayn Āshtarakā Fī

[Machine] Indeed, he took similarities from both of them, so I don't know which one he is. Then he sat him down and said to the other, "Look," and he looked, faced, examined, and turned around. Then he said, "Should I keep it secret or announce it?" He said, "No, keep it secret." He said, "Indeed, he took similarities from both of them, so I don't know which one he is." Then he sat him down and said to the third, "Look," and he looked, faced, examined, and turned around. Then he said, "Should I keep it secret or announce it?" He said, "No, announce it." He said, "Indeed, he took similarities from both of them, so I don't know which one he is." Omar said, "We stand on three traces that he says," and Omar was walking. So he made him inherit them both and they inherit him. Said said, "Do you know his lineage?" I said, "No." He said, "The rest belongs to both of them."  

البيهقي:٢١٢٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اشْتَرَكَا فِي طُهْرِ امْرَأَةٍ فَوَلَدَتْ وَلَدًا فَارْتَفَعُوا إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَدَعَا لَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةً مِنَ الْقَافَةِ فَدَعَا بِتُرَابٍ فَوَطِئَ فِيهِ الرَّجُلَانِ وَالْغُلَامُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَحَدِهِمْ انْظُرْ فَنَظَرَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ وَاسْتَعْرَضَ وَاسْتَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أُسِرُّ أَمْ أُعْلِنُ؟ فَقَالَ بَلْ أَسِرَّ فَقَالَ

لَقَدْ أَخَذَ الشَّبَهَ مِنْهُمَا جَمِيعًا فَمَا أَدْرِي لِأَيِّهِمَا هُوَ؟ فَأَجْلَسَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْآخَرِ انْظُرْ فَنَظَرَ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ وَاسْتَعْرَضَ وَاسْتَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أُسِرُّ أَمْ أُعْلِنُ؟ فَقَالَ بَلْ أَسِرَّ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أَخَذَ الشَّبَهَ مِنْهُمَا جَمِيعًا فَمَا أَدْرِي لِأَيِّهِمَا هُوَ؟ فَأَجْلَسَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلثَّالِثِ انْظُرْ فَنَظَرَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ وَاسْتَعْرَضَ وَاسْتَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أُسِرُّ أَمْ أُعْلِنُ؟ فَقَالَ بَلْ أَعْلِنْ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أَخَذَ الشَّبَهَ مِنْهُمَا جَمِيعًا فَمَا أَدْرِي لِأَيِّهِمَا هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِنَّا نَقُوفُ الْآثَارَ ثَلَاثًا يَقُولُهَا وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ قَائِفًا فَجَعَلَهُ لَهُمَا يَرِثَانِهِ وَيَرِثُهُمَا فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ أَتَدْرِي مَنْ عَصَبَتُهُ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ الْبَاقِي مِنْهُمَا