[Machine] Ali was sent by the Prophet ﷺ to Yemen. Three individuals claimed to be the father of a child and argued about it. Ali separated the two and asked them, "Are you both willing to compromise for the sake of this child?" They both answered no. He separated them again and asked the same question, and again they both answered no. He then said, "I see that you are contentious partners, while I am the arbitrator between you." He resolved the dispute by assigning the child to one of them and determining that the remaining two-thirds of the compensation should be given to the other two. Ali mentioned this incident to the Prophet ﷺ , who laughed until his canine teeth were visible. Sheikhain (two scholars) have omitted the name of Al-Ajlaha bin Abdullah Al-Kindi from their narrations, but it is not considered a weak hadith, for the one who criticized it was Al-Ajlaha himself.  

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا بَعَثَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَارْتَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ ثَلَاثَةً يَتَنَازَعُونَ وَلَدًا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ ابْنُهُ قَالَ فَخَلَا بِاثْنَيْنِ فَقَالَ «أَتَطِيبَانِ نَفْسًا لِهَذَا الْبَاقِي؟» قَالَا لَا وَخَلَا بِاثْنَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَا لَا فَقَالَ «أَرَاكُمْ شُرَكَاءَ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ وَأَنَا مُقْرِعٌ بَيْنَكُمْ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَجَعَلَهُ لِأَحَدِهِمْ وَأَغْرَمَهُ ثُلُثَيِ الدِّيَةِ لِلْبَاقِينَ» قَالَ «فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ» قَدْ أَعْرَضَ الشَّيْخَانِ عَنِ الْأَجْلَحِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكِنْدِيِّ وَلَيْسَ فِي رِوَايَاتِهِ بِالْمَتْرُوكِ فَإِنَّ الَّذِي يُنْقَمُ عَلَيْهِ بِهِ مَذْهَبُهُ الأجلح ليس بالمتروك