Darussalam · Volume 3
18. The Chapters On Lost PropertySunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2503 · Volume 6 · Page 3
Da‘if · qualified assessment
ضعيف - والمرفوع صحيح -، الإرواء (١٥٦٣) ، صحيح أبي داود (١٥١٣)
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2503. It was narrated that Mundhir bin Jarir said: "I was with my father in Bawāzīj and the cows came back in the evening. He saw a cow and did not recognize it. He said: 'What is this?' He said: 'A cow that joined the herd.' And he issued orders that it be driven away until it disappeared from view. Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "No one gives refuge to a stray animal but one who is also astray."' (Sahih)
2503 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ، خَالُ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بِالْبَوَازِيجِ، فَرَاحَتِ الْبَقَرُ، فَرَأَى بَقَرَةً أَنْكَرَهَا، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذِهِ؟ قَالُوا: بَقَرَةٌ لَحِقَتْ بِالْبَقَرِ، قَالَ: فَأَمَرَ فَطُرِدَتْ حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا يُؤْوِي الضَّالَّةَ، إِلَّا ضَالٌّ»
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This reproach is for the person who takes the animal with the intention of keeping it. But if he takes it with the intention to pronounce it and search for the owner, there is no harm in keeping it until the owner is found. In Sahih Muslim this narration is with these words: "Whoever gives refuge to a stray animal, he is also astray."