"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.'"

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

[AI] 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."

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

"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.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3496)

إِنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي إِنَّ زَوْجِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِابْنِي وَقَدْ نَفَعَنِي وَسَقَانِي مِنْ بِئْرِ أَبِي عِنَبَةَ فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ يُخَاصِمُنِي فِي ابْنِي؟ فَقَالَ «يَا غُلَامُ هَذَا أَبُوكَ وَهَذِهِ أُمُّكَ فَخُذْ بِيَدِ أَيِّهِمَا شِئْتَ» فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أُمِّهِ فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِ