It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I was sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came from Yemen and related that three men of Yemen had come to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), disputing over a child; all three had been intimate with one woman during a single period of purity. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to two of them at a time, in turn: Willingly hand this child over to the third, but they would not agree. Then Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You are partners quarrelling obstinately with one another. Now I will cast lots between you; the one whose name comes out will have the child, and he will pay his two companions two-thirds of the blood money (as compensation)." So he cast lots between them and gave the child to the one whose name came out. (When this story was related to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him),) he (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed until his molar teeth became visible. The two Shaykhs agreed on not using al-Ajlah bin Abdullah al-Kindi as evidence; they objected to only one hadith of his, yet three trustworthy narrators corroborated him in that hadith. So this hadith is sahih, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a woman said: O Messenger of Allah! This is my son; my womb was his vessel (his dwelling), my breast was his water-skin, and my lap was his shelter. Now his father has divorced me and wants to take him away from me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "You have more right to him (to raise him) as long as you do not marry (again)." This hadith has a sahih chain of transmission, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.