Hadith #158

Arabic Text

English Translation

It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr (رضي الله عنهما) — via Ya'la, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather — that he said: 'I heard a man from Muzayna asking the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "O Messenger of Allah, I came to ask you about a stray camel." He said: "It has its own footwear [hooves] and water vessel [stomach] — it eats from trees and drinks from water. Leave it until its owner finds it." He asked: "A stray sheep?" He said: "It is for you, or your brother, or the wolf — gather them until their owner comes." He asked: "A harisa [animal stolen from its pasture]?" He said: "In that case, [the thief pays] its price twice and receives a disciplinary flogging [nakala]. But what is taken from its [enclosed] pen — in that, the hand is cut when what is taken reaches the value of a shield [al-mijan]." He asked: "O Messenger of Allah, and fruits — things taken from them while still enclosed?" He said: "Whoever eats with his mouth without filling his garment — nothing is upon him. But whoever carries [fruit] away — he owes its price twice, flogging, and disciplinary punishment. And what is taken from the threshing floor — in that, the hand is cut when what is taken reaches the value of a shield." He asked: "O Messenger of Allah, and found property [luqata] found on a populated road?" He said: "Announce it for a year. If its owner comes, hand it over; otherwise it is yours." He asked: "What is found in an ancient ruined site?" He said: "In that — and in buried treasure [rikaz] — one-fifth [khums is due]."'