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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: No. 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 (i.e. the price of the mother) on him. This was then mentioned to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he laughed so much that his molar teeth appeared

حدثنا خشيش بن اصرم، حدثنا عبد الرزاق، اخبرنا الثوري، عن صالح الهمداني، عن الشعبي، عن عبد خير، عن زيد بن ارقم، قال اتي علي - رضى الله عنه - بثلاثة وهو باليمن وقعوا على امراة في طهر واحد فسال اثنين اتقران لهذا بالولد قالا لا . حتى سالهم جميعا فجعل كلما سال اثنين قالا لا . فاقرع بينهم فالحق الولد بالذي صارت عليه القرعة وجعل عليه ثلثى الدية قال فذكر ذلك للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فضحك حتى بدت نواجذه