[Machine] He said, "It is divided into three types of headaches: one-third is the best, one-third is average, and one-third is the worst." The believer should choose the best option and take from the average. Abu Bakr Al-Asbahani informed us that Abu Nasr Al-Iraqi narrated from Sufyan Al-Jawhari, who narrated from Ali Ibn Al-Hasan, who narrated from Abdullah Ibn Al-Walid, who narrated from Sufyan Al-Thawri, that both of them narrated from them all. Al-Shafi'i mentioned these two schools without naming their proponents, and we have also narrated from Al-Zuhri a statement similar to that of Al-Qasim and we have narrated from Umar Ibn Al-Khattab that he said, "The owner of the flock should choose one-third, and then choose from the remaining two-thirds."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَصْدَعُهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَصْدَاعٍ ثُلُثَ خِيَارٍ وَثُلُثَ وَسَطٍ وَثُلُثَ دُونٍ فَيَدَعُ الْمُصَدِّقُ الْخِيَارَ وَيَأْخُذُ مِنَ الْوَسَطِ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو نَصْرٍ الْعِرَاقِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثنا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْهُمَا بِهِمَا جَمِيعًا وَقَدْ حَكَى الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي الْقَدِيمِ هَذَيْنِ الْمَذْهَبَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَسْمِيَةِ قَائِلَيْهِمَا وَرُوِّينَا عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ مِثْلَ قَوْلِ الْقَاسِمِ وَرُوِّينَا عَنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَخْتَارُ صَاحِبُ الْغَنَمِ الثُّلُثَ ثُمَّ اخْتَارُوا مِنَ الثُّلُثَيْنِ الْبَاقِيَيْنِ