Sunan an-Nasa'i 3496

Muhammad ibn Abd al-A'la informed us; he said: Khalid narrated to us; he said: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us; he said: Ziyad informed me, from Hilal ibn Usamah, from Abu Maymunah, who said: While I was with Abu Hurayrah, he said: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah and said, ‘May my father and mother be your ransom! My husband wants to take my son away, although he has been a help to me and brings me water from the well of Abu Inabah.’ Her husband came and said, ‘Who would dispute with me over my son?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Boy, this is your father and this is your mother; take the hand of whichever one you choose.’ The boy took his mother’s hand, and she left with him.