[Machine] Ali was in Yemen, and a woman was brought to him who had been trespassed by three men in one state of purity. He asked two men, "Will you testify regarding this child?" They did not testify. Then he asked two other men, "Will you testify regarding this child?" They did not testify. He continued to ask two men until he was done, and then he asked two men about one person, but they did not testify. So he hit between them, and he imposed on the child upon whom the lots had fallen two-thirds of the blood money. This matter was raised to the Prophet ﷺ , and he laughed until his molars could be seen.
كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ بِالْيَمَنِ فَأُتِيَ بِامْرَأَةٍ وَطِئَهَا ثَلَاثَةٌ فِي طُهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَسَأَلَ اثْنَيْنِ أَتُقِرَّانِ لِهَذَا الْوَلِيدِ؟ فَلَمْ يُقِرَّا ثُمَّ سَأَلَ اثْنَيْنِ أَتُقِرَّانِ لِهَذَا بِالْوَلِيدِ؟ ثُمَّ سَأَلَ اثْنَيْنِ حَتَّى فَرَغَ فَسَأَلَ اثْنَيْنِ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ فَلَمْ يُقِرُّوا فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَلْزَمَ الْوَلَدَ الَّذِي خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْعَةُ وَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَيِ الدِّيَةِ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ