I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ. A man came from the Yemen, and said: Three men from the people of the Yemen came to Ali, quarrelling about a child, asking him to give a decision. They had had sexual intercourse with a woman during a single state of purity. He said to two of them: Give this child to this man (the third person) with pleasure. But they (refused and) cried loudly. Again he said to two of them: Give the child to the man (the third person) willingly. But they (refused and) cried loudly. He then said: You are quarrelsome partners. I shall cast lots among you; he who receives the lot, will acquire the child, and he shall pay two-thirds of the blood-money to both his companions. He then cast lots among them, and gave the child to the one who received the lot. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed so much that his canine or molar teeth appeared.

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ ثَلاَثَةَ نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ أَتَوْا عَلِيًّا يَخْتَصِمُونَ إِلَيْهِ فِي وَلَدٍ وَقَدْ وَقَعُوا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ فِي طُهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ لاِثْنَيْنِ مِنْهُمَا طِيبَا بِالْوَلَدِ لِهَذَا فَغَلَيَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لاِثْنَيْنِ طِيبَا بِالْوَلَدِ لِهَذَا فَغَلَبَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لاِثْنَيْنِ طِيبَا بِالْوَلَدِ لِهَذَا فَغَلَبَا فَقَالَ أَنْتُمْ شُرَكَاءُ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ إِنِّي مُقْرِعٌ بَيْنَكُمْ فَمَنْ قُرِعَ فَلَهُ الْوَلَدُ وَعَلَيْهِ لِصَاحِبَيْهِ ثُلُثَا الدِّيَةِ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَجَعَلَهُ لِمَنْ قُرِعَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَضْرَاسُهُ أَوْ نَوَاجِذُهُ

[Machine] While I was with the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him), a man from Yemen came and started talking to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and informing him. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, three men came to Ali and they are quarreling over a child. They agreed on one woman when she was in her purity. He (Ali) said to them: 'Both of you have good intentions regarding this child.' Then he said: 'You are partners in dispute. I will resolve the matter between you. Whoever I decide for, the child will be his, and he will pay two-thirds of the blood money to the other. So he resolved the matter between them and decided for one of them, and he gave him the child." The Prophet (Peace be upon him) laughed until his molars were visible.

بَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ فَجَعَلَ يُحَدِّثُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَيُخْبِرُهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَى عَلِيًّا ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَخْتَصِمُونَ فِي وَلَدٍ وَقَعُوا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ فِي طُهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ لِاثْنَيْنِ طِيبَا نَفْسًا بِهَذَا الْوَلَدِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنْتُمْ شُرَكَاءُ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ إِنِّي مُقْرِعٌ بَيْنَكُمْ فَمَنْ قُرِعَ لَهُ فَلَهُ الْوَلَدُ وَعَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَا الدِّيَةِ لِصَاحِبَيْهِ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقُرِعَ لِأَحَدِهِمْ فَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْوَلَدَ قَالَ «فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ» أَوْ قَالَ أَضْرَاسُهُ