Hadith #449

Arabic Text

English Translation

Abū Mu‘āwiyah narrated to us, from Ḥajjāj, from Sa‘īd ibn ‘Ubayd ibn Zayd ibn ‘Uqbah, from his father, from Samurah, who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “If a man’s property is stolen or lost, and he finds it in the possession of another man, he has more right to it, and the buyer goes back to the seller for the price.”