Sunan Ibn-e-Majah — Hadith 2503
Sahih
Sunan Ibn-e-Majah : 2503
It was narrated that Mundhir bin Jarir said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ خَالُ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بِالْبَوَازِيجِ فَرَاحَتِ الْبَقَرُ فَرَأَى بَقَرَةً أَنْكَرَهَا، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذِهِ ؟ قَالُوا: بَقَرَةٌ لَحِقَتْ بِالْبَقَرِ، قَالَ: فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَطُرِدَتْ حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: لَا يُؤْوِي الضَّالَّةَ إِلَّا ضَالٌّ .
“I was with my father in Bawazij and the cows came back in the evening. He saw a cow did not recognize it. He said: 'What is this?' He said: 'A cow that joined the herd.' And he issued orders that it be driven away until it disappeared from view. Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “No one gives refuge to a stray animal but one who is also astray.”