Announcing Lost Items In The Masjid Is Disliked
Darussalam · Volume 1
2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 473 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 128
Source no. 473 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح
Source no. 492 · Volume 2 · Page 373
Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم. وقد أخرجه هو وأبو عوانة وابن حبان في "صحاحهم")
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473. Abū Hurairah narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Whoever hears a man announcing his lost animal in the Masjid, then let him say, 'May Allāh not return it to you,' for the Masājid have not been built for this purpose." (Sahih)
473 - حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْجُشَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ شُرَيْحٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَسْوَدِ يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، يَقُولُ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، مَوْلَى شَدَّادٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَلْيَقُلْ: لَا أَدَّاهَا اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِهَذَا "
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Such announcement can be made outside the main gate of the Masjid. Announcements regarding lost items or animals are not allowed. Scholars differed on the announcement of lost children. Some of the scholars approve such announcement and others disagree, and say even this kind of announcement should not be made.