Abu Hurairah reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There were two women, each with her son. A wolf came and carried off the son of one of them. She said to her companion, 'It was your son he took.' The other replied, 'No, it was your son he took.' So they took their dispute to Dawud , who ruled that the child belonged to the elder of the two.They then went out to Sulayman bin Dawud, peace be upon them both, and informed him of the matter.He said, "Bring me a knife, I will cut the child in half between them."The younger woman cried out, "Do not do it, may Allah have mercy on you. He is her son."So he ruled that the child belonged to the younger woman."Abu Hurairah said, "By Allah, I had never heard the word sikkin used for knife until that day. We only ever called it mudyah."

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عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه

أن رسول الله ﷺ قال كانت امرأتان معهما ابناهما جاء الذئب فذهب بابن إحداهما فقالت لصاحبتها إنما ذهب بابنك وقالت الأخرى إنما ذهب بابنك فتحاكمتا إلى داود عليه السلام فقضى به للكبرى فخرجتا على سليمان بن داود عليهما السلام فأخبرتاه فقال ائتوني بالسكين أشقه بينهما فقالت الصغرى لا تفعل يرحمك الله هو ابنها فقضى به للصغرى قال أبو هريرة والله إن سمعت بالسكين قط إلا يومئذ وما كنا نقول إلا المدية