Hadith #220

Arabic Text

English Translation

It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr (رضي الله عنهما) — via Waki', from Sufyan, from 'Amr ibn 'Uthman, from al-Maqburi, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather — from the Prophet ﷺ on stray animals: he said about a stray camel: 'It has its own footwear [hooves] and water vessel [stomach] — it eats from trees and drinks from rivers. Leave it until its owner finds it.' About a stray sheep: 'It is for you, your brother, or the wolf — gather them until their owner comes.' And he said about [an animal] stolen from its pasture [harisa]: 'There is [compensation of] its value twice and flogging and disciplinary punishment [nakala]. And what is taken from the [enclosed] fold — in that, the hand is cut when what is taken reaches the value of a shield.' And about fruits still on trees: 'Whoever eats with his mouth without filling his garment — nothing is upon him. And what is taken from the threshing floor — in that, the hand is cut when what is taken reaches the value of a shield.'