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[Machine] They have a sheep. I said, "If it belongs to one, it is thirty-nine, and if it belongs to another, it is one sheep."  

البيهقي:٧٣٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَطَاءً عَنِ النَّفَرِ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَهُمْ أَرْبَعُونَ شَاةً قَالَ

عَلَيْهِمْ شَاةٌ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لِوَاحِدٍ تِسْعٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ وَلِآخَرَ شَاةٌ قَالَ عَلَيْهِمَا شَاةٌ