Sahih Muslim Book - 30, Hadith - 4495

حَدَّثَنِى زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنِى شَبَابَةُ حَدَّثَنِى وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ أَبِى الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ « بَيْنَمَا امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَاهُمَا جَاءَ الذِّئْبُ فَذَهَبَ بِابْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا. فَقَالَتْ هَذِهِ لِصَاحِبَتِهَا إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ أَنْتِ. وَقَالَتِ الأُخْرَى إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ. فَتَحَاكَمَتَا إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلْكُبْرَى فَخَرَجَتَا عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ فَأَخْبَرَتَاهُ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِى بِالسِّكِّينِ أَشُقُّهُ بَيْنَكُمَا. فَقَالَتِ الصُّغْرَى لاَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ هُوَ ابْنُهَا. فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلصُّغْرَى ». قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ سَمِعْتُ بِالسِّكِّينِ قَطُّ إِلاَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ مَا كُنَّا نَقُولُ إِلاَّ الْمُدْيَةَ.

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (s.a.w) said: "There were two women who had their sons with them. The wolf came and took away the son of one of them, and she said to her companion: 'The wolf has taken your son.' The other said: No, it has taken your son. They referred for judgment to Dawud, and he ruled in favor of the elder woman. They went out to Sulaiman, the son of Dawud, and told him about that, and he said: 'Bring me a knife and I will divide him between you.' The younger woman said: 'No, may Allah have mercy on you! He is her son.' So he ruled in favor of the younger woman."