Hadith #14
Chapter: Lost Things Picked up by Someone (Luqatah)
Lost Things Picked up by Someone (Luqatah)
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، مَوْلَى الْمُنْبَعِثِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا، سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ اللُّقَطَةِ قَالَ " عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً، فَإِنْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ يُخْبِرُكَ بِعِفَاصِهَا وَوِكَائِهَا، وَإِلاَّ فَاسْتَنْفِقْ بِهَا ". وَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ
ضَالَّةِ الإِبِلِ فَتَمَعَّرَ وَجْهُهُ، قَالَ " مَا لَكَ وَلَهَا مَعَهَا سِقَاؤُهَا وَحِذَاؤُهَا، تَرِدُ الْمَاءَ وَتَأْكُلُ الشَّجَرَ، دَعْهَا حَتَّى يَجِدَهَا رَبُّهَا ". وَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ضَالَّةِ الْغَنَمِ. فَقَالَ " هِيَ لَكَ أَوْ لأَخِيكَ، أَوْ لِلذِّئْبِ ".
Isnad Chain
محمد بن يوسف
سفيان
ربيعة
يزيد، مولى المنبعث
زيد بن خالد ـ
اللقطة
English Translation
Zaid bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that a bedouin asked the Prophet ﷺ about the Luqata. the Prophet ﷺ said, "Make public announcement about it for one year and if then somebody comes and describes the container of the Luqata and the string it was tied with, (give it to him); otherwise, spend it." He then asked the Prophet ﷺ about a lost camel. The face of the Prophet ﷺ became red and he said, "You have no concern with it as it has its water reservoir and feet and it will reach water and drink and eat trees. Leave it till its owner finds it." He then asked the Prophet ﷺ about a lost sheep. the Prophet ﷺ said, "It is for you, for your brother, or for the wolf
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Quran References
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari, Lost Things Picked up by Someone (Luqatah), Hadith 14
Sunnah.com ref: bukhari:2654
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-02654