Hadith #5

Arabic Text

English Translation

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Rabīʿah ibn Abī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, who said: Yazīd, the freed slave of al-Munbaʿith, narrated to me, from Zayd ibn Khālid al-Juhanī رضي الله عنه, who said: A Bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ with a found item. He said: "Identify its container and its tie, then announce it for a year. If someone comes and describes it to you [correctly, return it]; otherwise, spend it." He said: "O Messenger of Allāh, what about stray sheep?" He said: "They are for you, or for your brother, or for the wolf." He said: "O Messenger of Allāh, what about stray camels?" The face of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ changed, then he said: "What concern are they of yours? They have their hooves and their water-skins; they go to water and eat from the trees."