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Regarding Lost Items That Are Found

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Darussalam · Volume 2

10. THE BOOK OF LOST ITEMS

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 1704 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 135

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1704. It was reported from Ismā'il bin Ja'far, from Rabī'ah bin Abī 'Abdur-Raḥmān, from Yazīd, the freed slave of Al-Munba'ith, from Zaid Ibn Khālid Al-Juḥanī, that a man asked the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ regarding lost items (that are found). He replied: "Announce it for a year, then be familiar with its drawstring and bag, and then spend it. But if its owner comes to you, then return it to him." The man said: "O Messenger of Allāh, how about lost sheep?" He replied, "Take it, for it is either for you, or your brother, or the wolf." He then said: "O Messenger of Allāh, how about lost camels?" At this the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ became angry until his forehead, or his face, became red, and he said: "What have you got to do with it? It has hoofs and its humps, until its owner comes to it." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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1704 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، مَوْلَى الْمُنْبَعِثِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، أَنّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، عَنِ اللُّقَطَةِ، قَالَ: «عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً، ثُمَّ اعْرِفْ وِكَاءَهَا، وَعِفَاصَهَا، ثُمَّ اسْتَنْفِقْ بِهَا، فَإِنْ جَاءَ رَبُّهَا فَأَدِّهَا إِلَيْهِ»، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَضَالَّةُ الْغَنَمِ؟ فَقَالَ: «خُذْهَا، فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ لَكَ أَوْ لِأَخِيكَ أَوْ لِلذِّئْبِ»، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَضَالَّةُ الْإِبِلِ، فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى احْمَرَّتْ وَجْنَتَاهُ، أَوِ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ، وَقَالَ: «مَا لَكَ وَلَهَا؟ مَعَهَا حِذَاؤُهَا وَسِقَاؤُهَا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهَا رَبُّهَا».

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    [1] The speaker here is Shu'bah as explained in other versions of the narration.