Sunan Abu Dawood — Hadith 1703
Sahih
Sunan Abu Dawood : 1703
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Salamah Bin Kuhail through a different chain to the same effect:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُهَيْلٍ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ، قَالَ فِي التَّعْرِيفِ: قَالَ: عَامَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً، وَقَالَ: اعْرِفْ عَدَدَهَا وَوِعَاءَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا ، زَادَ: فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا فَعَرَفَ عَدَدَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا فَادْفَعْهَا إِلَيْهِ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: لَيْسَ يَقُولُ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ إِلَّا حَمَّادٌ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، يَعْنِي فَعَرَفَ عَدَدَهَا.
The version has; about making the matter known he said; “ two years or three. ” He said: Remember its number, its container and its string. The version adds: If its owner comes, and tells its number and its string, then give it to him. Abu Dawud said: None of the narrators said this word in this tradition except Hammad; That is, “ If he tells its number. ”