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Sunan Abi Dawud 2270 (Book 13, Hadith 96) #22561
Lottery System for Determining Fatherhood

SUMMARY: Ali (RA) used a lottery system to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock, and the Prophet (PBUH) laughed when he heard about it.

Narrated Zayd ibn Arqam: Three persons were brought to Ali (Allah be pleased with him) when he was in the Yemen. They and sexual intercourse with a woman during a single state of purity. He asked two of them: Do you acknowledge this child for this (man)? They replied: #He then put this (question) to all of them. Whenever he asked two of them, they replied in the negative. He, therefore, cast a lot among them, and attributed the child to the one who received the lot. He imposed two-third of the blood-money (ie the price of the mother) on him. This was then mentioned to the Prophet and he laughed so much that his molar teeth appeared.
حَدَّثَنَا خُشَيْشُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، قَالَ أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ - رضى الله عنه - بِثَلاَثَةٍ وَهُوَ بِالْيَمَنِ وَقَعُوا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ فِي طُهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَسَأَلَ اثْنَيْنِ أَتُقِرَّانِ لِهَذَا بِالْوَلَدِ قَالاَ لاَ ‏.‏ حَتَّى سَأَلَهُمْ جَمِيعًا فَجَعَلَ كُلَّمَا سَأَلَ اثْنَيْنِ قَالاَ لاَ ‏.‏ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِالَّذِي صَارَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْعَةُ وَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَىِ الدِّيَةِ قَالَ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ فَضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ

TOPICS
lottery  *  fatherhood  *  purity  *  qismah  *  diyyah  *  bloodmoney

QUICK LESSONS:
Seek justice even in difficult situations; Consult those who are more knowledgeable than you; Seek guidance from Allah SWT; Follow Islamic teachings; Respect others' opinions; Be patient while making decisions; Do not take matters into your own hands without consulting someone else first .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about how Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) used a lottery system to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock. Three men were brought before him who had all engaged in sexual intercourse with the same woman during her single state of purity. He asked two of them if they acknowledged that this man was the father, but they both denied it. So he cast lots among them and attributed the child to whoever received it, and imposed two-thirds of blood money on him as compensation for his mother. When this was mentioned to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, he laughed so much that his molar teeth appeared. This shows us that justice should be sought even in difficult situations such as these, and that we should always seek guidance from Allah SWT in our decisions. It also teaches us not to take matters into our own hands without consulting those who are more knowledgeable than us first.

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