[Machine] They participated in the purification of a woman and claimed the child as their own. Ali commanded a man to strike between them, and he commanded the one who struck to give the others two-thirds of the blood money, and the child would belong to him. This is a suspended matter. The son of Al-Khalil mentioned this and Allah knows best. Al-Shafi'i mentioned this hadith in his old book and in the book of Ali and Abdullah, and he mentioned that if it is proven from the Prophet ﷺ, then we would accept it and it would be the evidence in it.  

اشْتَرَكُوا فِي طُهْرِ امْرَأَةٍ فَادَّعَوَا الْوَلَدَ فَأَمَرَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ 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 ؓ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فِي الْقَدِيمِ وَفِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ وَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ لَوْ ثَبَتَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْنَا بِهِ وَكَانَتِ الْحُجَّةُ فِيهِ