LessonsRespect for Life and Property, Justice, Modesty, and the Rights of Others (Accounts 18–22)Quiz

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «كَانَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَاهُمَا، جَاءَ الذِّئْبُ فَذَهَبَ بِابْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا، فَقَالَتْ صَاحِبَتُهَا: إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ، وَقَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ، فَتَحَاكَمَتَا إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلْكُبْرَى»
Translation: Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ told of two women with their sons. A wolf carried away the son of one of them. Each woman claimed it was the other's child that had been taken. They brought the dispute to Prophet Dawud, peace be upon him, who gave judgment in favor of the older woman.

The dispute was not a mere difference of opinion: each asserted that the surviving child was hers. Loud insistence alone does not prove a claim.

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Account 21: Two mothers disagree

Respect for Life and Property, Justice, Modesty, and the Rights of Others (Accounts 18–22)

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «كَانَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَاهُمَا، جَاءَ الذِّئْبُ فَذَهَبَ بِابْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا، فَقَالَتْ صَاحِبَتُهَا: إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ، وَقَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى: إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ، فَتَحَاكَمَتَا إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلْكُبْرَى»
Translation: Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ told of two women with their sons. A wolf carried away the son of one of them. Each woman claimed it was the other's child that had been taken. They brought the dispute to Prophet Dawud, peace be upon him, who gave judgment in favor of the older woman.

The dispute was not a mere difference of opinion: each asserted that the surviving child was hers. Loud insistence alone does not prove a claim.