Regarding Lost Items That Are Found
Darussalam · Volume 2
10. THE BOOK OF LOST ITEMSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1709 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 136
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(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين، وصححه ابن الجارود وابن حبان (٤٨٧٤))
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1709. It was reported from ‘Iyād bin Himār that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Whoever finds any lost item should have one or two trustworthy people witness it, and he should not conceal or hide (anything). So if its owner comes, let him return it to him, otherwise it is the wealth of Allāh which He brings to whomever He pleases.” (Sahih)
1709 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي الطَّحَّانَ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ الْمَعْنَى، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ حِمَارٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ وَجَدَ لُقَطَةً فَلْيُشْهِدْ ذَا عَدْلٍ أَوْ ذَوِي عَدْلٍ، وَلَا يَكْتُمْ وَلَا يُغَيِّبْ فَإِنْ وَجَدَ صَاحِبَهَا فَلْيَرُدَّهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَإِلَّا فَهُوَ مَالُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ»
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It is not obligatory to call upon others as witnesses nor is it possible to do so at all times. Yet it is advisable to do so in order to ward off devilish insinuations like desiring to possess it.