Sahih Muslim — Hadith 4498
Sahih
Sahih Muslim : 4498
Zaid bin Khalid al-Juhani رضی اللہ عنہ reported:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ، قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، مَوْلَى الْمُنْبَعِثِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ اللُّقَطَةِ [ص:1347]، فَقَالَ: «اعْرِفْ عِفَاصَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا، ثُمَّ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً، فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا، وَإِلَّا فَشَأْنَكَ بِهَا»، قَالَ فَضَالَّةُ الْغَنَمِ؟ قَالَ: «لَكَ، أَوْ لِأَخِيكَ، أَوْ لِلذِّئْبِ»، قَالَ: فَضَالَّةُ الْإِبِلِ؟ قَالَ: «مَا لَكَ وَلَهَا، مَعَهَا سِقَاؤُهَا، وَحِذَاؤُهَا تَرِدُ الْمَاءَ، وَتَأْكُلُ الشَّجَرَ حَتَّى يَلْقَاهَا رَبُّهَا»، قَالَ يَحْيَى: أَحْسِبُ قَرَأْتُ عِفَاصَهَا.
A man came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and asked him about picking up of stray articles. He said: Recognize (well) its bag and the strap (by which it is tied) then make announcement of that for a year. If its owner comes (within this time return that to him), otherwise it is yours. He (again) said: (What about) the lost goat? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: It is yours or for your brother, or for the wolf. He said: (What about) the lost camel? Thereupon he said: You have nothing to do with it; it has a leather bag along with it, and its shoes also. It comes to the watering-place, eats (the leaves of the) trees until its master finds him.