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darimi:2339 – Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād b. Saʿd > Hilāl b. Usāmah > Abū Maymūnah Sulaymān a freed slave of Liʾahl al-Madīnah

[Machine] Narrated by Abu Maymuna Sulaiman, the servant of the people of Madinah, who said: I was with Abu Huraira when a woman came to him and said, "Indeed, my husband wants to take away my child." Abu Huraira said, "I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a woman came to him and said, 'Indeed, my husband wants to take away my child or my son, and he has benefited me and provided me with water from the well of Abu 'Inaba.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Bring your husband here.' So her husband came and said, 'Who will contend with me regarding my child or my son?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O young boy, this is your father and this is your mother, so take the hand of whoever you wish.' Abu Asim said, 'Follow whichever of them you wish.' So he took the hand of his mother and they left together."  

الدارمي:٢٣٣٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ

عَنْ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ سُلَيْمَانَ مَوْلًى لِأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَجَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِوَلَدِي فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِوَلَدِي أَوْ بِابْنِي وَقَدْ نَفَعَنِي وَسَقَانِي مِنْ بِئْرِ أَبِي عِنَبَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَهِمَا أَوْ قَالَ تَسَاهَمَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ الشَّاكُّ فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ يُخَاصِمُنِي فِي وَلَدِي أَوْ فِي ابْنِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا غُلَامُ هَذَا أَبُوكَ وَهَذِهِ أُمُّكَ فَخُذْ بِيَدِ أَيِّهِمَا شِئْتَ» وَقَدْ قَالَ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ فَاتْبَعْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِ  

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nasai:3496 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād > Hilāl b. Usāmah > Abū Maymūnah > Baynā > ʿInd Abū Hurayrah

"While I was with Abu Hurairah he said: 'A woman came to the Messenger of Allah and said: May my father and mother be ransomed for you! My husband wants to take my son away, but he helps me, and brings me water from the well of Abu 'Inabah. Her husband came and said: Who is going to take my son from me? The Messenger of Allah said: "O boy, this is your father and this is your mother; take the hand of whichever of them you want." He took his mother's hand and she left with him.'"  

النسائي:٣٤٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادٌ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ

إِنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ فَدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي إِنَّ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي وَقَدْ نَفَعَنِي وَسَقَانِي مِنْ بِئْرِ أَبِي عِنَبَةَ فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا وَقَالَ مَنْ يُخَاصِمُنِي فِي ابْنِي فَقَالَ يَا غُلاَمُ هَذَا أَبُوكَ وَهَذِهِ أُمُّكَ فَخُذْ بِيَدِ أَيِّهِمَا شِئْتَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِ  

abudawud:2277 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq And ʾAbū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād > Hilāl b. Usāmah

While I was sitting with AbuHurayrah, a Persian woman came to him along with a son of hers. She had been divorced by her husband and they both claimed him. She said: AbuHurayrah, speaking to him in Persian, my husband wishes to take my son away. AbuHurayrah said: Cast lots for him, saying it to her in a foreign language. Then her husband came and asked: Who is disputing with me about my son? AbuHurayrah said: O Allah, I do not say this, except that I heard a woman who came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was sitting with him, and she said: My husband wishes to take away my son, Messenger of Allah, and he draws water for me from the well of AbuInabah, and he has been good to me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Cast lots for him. Her husband said: Who is disputing with me about my son? The Prophet ﷺ said: This is your father and this your mother, so take whichever of them you wish by the hand. So he took his mother's hand and she went away with him.  

أبو داود:٢٢٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَأَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادٌ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَا مَيْمُونَةَ سَلْمَى مَوْلًى مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلَ صِدْقٍ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ جَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَارِسِيَّةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنٌ لَهَا فَادَّعَيَاهُ وَقَدْ طَلَّقَهَا زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَرَطَنَتْ لَهُ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ اسْتَهِمَا عَلَيْهِ وَرَطَنَ لَهَا بِذَلِكَ فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ يُحَاقُّنِي فِي وَلَدِي فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لاَ أَقُولُ هَذَا إِلاَّ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا قَاعِدٌ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي وَقَدْ سَقَانِي مِنْ بِئْرِ أَبِي عِنَبَةَ وَقَدْ نَفَعَنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَهِمَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا مَنْ يُحَاقُّنِي فِي وَلَدِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَذَا أَبُوكَ وَهَذِهِ أُمُّكَ فَخُذْ بِيَدِ أَيِّهِمَا شِئْتَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِ  

hakim:7039 – al-Ḥasan b. Ḥalīm al-Marwazī > Abū al-Muwajjih > ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād b. Saʿd > Hilāl b. Usāmah > Abū Maymūnah Sulaymān from Ahl al-Madīnah a man Ṣidq > Baynā > Jālis ʿInd Abū Hurayrah Jāʾath Āmraʾah Fārisiyyah Maʿahā Ibn Lahā And Qad Ṭallaqahā Zawjuhā > Yā Abū Hurayrah Thum Raṭanat > Bi-al-Fārisiyyah Zawjī Yurīd > Yadhhab Biāb.ī > Fajāʾ Zawjuhā > Man Yujāfinī from my father

While I was sitting with AbuHurayrah, a Persian woman came to him along with a son of hers. She had been divorced by her husband and they both claimed him. She said: AbuHurayrah, speaking to him in Persian, my husband wishes to take my son away. AbuHurayrah said: Cast lots for him, saying it to her in a foreign language. Then her husband came and asked: Who is disputing with me about my son? AbuHurayrah said: O Allah, I do not say this, except that I heard a woman who came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was sitting with him, and she said: My husband wishes to take away my son, Messenger of Allah, and he draws water for me from the well of AbuInabah, and he has been good to me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Cast lots for him. Her husband said: Who is disputing with me about my son? The Prophet ﷺ said: This is your father and this your mother, so take whichever of them you wish by the hand. So he took his mother's hand and she went away with him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2277)   

الحاكم:٧٠٣٩ – أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَلِيمٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدَانُ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَا مَيْمُونَةَ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلَ صِدْقٍ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ جَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَارِسِيَّةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنٌ لَهَا وَقَدْ طَلَّقَهَا زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ثُمَّ رَطَنَتْ فَقَالَتْ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي قَالَ فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ يُجَافِنِي؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ فِي هَذَا إِلَّا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَتْ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي إِنَّ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي وَهُوَ يَسْقِيَنِي مِنْ بِئْرِ أَبِي عُتْبَةَ وَقَدْ نَفَعَنِي فَقَالَ «اسْتَهِمَا عَلَيْهِ» فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا مَنْ يُجَافِنِي فِي وَلَدِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا غُلَامُ هَذَا أَبُوكَ وَهَذِهِ أُمُّكَ فَخُذْ بِيَدِ أَيِّهِمَا شِئْتَ» فَأَخَذَ الْغُلَامُ بِيَدِ أُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح
bayhaqi:15758 – [Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān> Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Razzāz > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar > al-Ḍaḥḥāk / Ibn Makhlad Abū ʿĀṣim [Chain 2] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq And ʾAbūʿāṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād > Hilāl b. Usāmah

While I was sitting with AbuHurayrah, a Persian woman came to him along with a son of hers. She had been divorced by her husband and they both claimed him. She said: AbuHurayrah, speaking to him in Persian, my husband wishes to take my son away. AbuHurayrah said: Cast lots for him, saying it to her in a foreign language. Then her husband came and asked: Who is disputing with me about my son? AbuHurayrah said: O Allah, I do not say this, except that I heard a woman who came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was sitting with him, and she said: My husband wishes to take away my son, Messenger of Allah, and he draws water for me from the well of AbuInabah, and he has been good to me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Cast lots for him. Her husband said: Who is disputing with me about my son? The Prophet ﷺ said: This is your father and this your mother, so take whichever of them you wish by the hand. So he took his mother's hand and she went away with him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2277)   

البيهقي:١٥٧٥٨ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أنبأ الضَّحَّاكُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَخْلَدٍ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ح وَأنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَأَبُوعَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادٌ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَا مَيْمُونَةَ سُلَيْمًا مَوْلًى مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلَ صِدْقٍ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَارِسِيَّةٌ مَعَهَا ابْنٌ لَهَا فَادَّعَيَاهُ وَقَدْ طَلَّقَهَا زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَطَنَتْ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ اسْتَهِمَا عَلَيْهِ وَرَطَنَ لَهَا بِذَلِكَ فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ يُحَاقُّنِي فِي وَلَدِي؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ هَذَا إِلَّا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا قَاعِدٌ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي وَقَدْ سَقَانِي مِنْ بِئْرِ أَبِي عِنَبَةَ وَقَدْ نَفَعَنِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْتَهِمَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا مَنْ يُحَاقُّنِي فِي وَلَدِي؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَذَا أَبُوكَ وَهَذِهِ أُمُّكَ فَخُذْ بِيَدِ أَيِّهِمَا شِئْتَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الرُّوذْبَارِيِّ وَحَدِيثُ ابْنِ بِشْرَانَ أَقْصَرُ مِنْهُ وَالْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ