Sahih al-Bukhari 2429

Translation

A man came and asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ about picking a lost thing. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Remember the description of its container and the string it is tied with, and make public announcement about it for one year. If the owner shows up, give it to him; otherwise, do whatever you like with it." He then asked, "What about a lost sheep?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is for you, for your brother (i.e. its owner), or for the wolf." He further asked, "What about a lost camel?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is none of your concern. It has its water-container (reservoir) and its feet, and it will reach water and drink it and eat the trees till its owner finds it."

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• Muwaththa' Malik 36-63جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ اللُّقَطَةِ فَقَالَ اعْرِفْ عِفَاصَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا ثُمَّ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا وَإِلاَّ فَشَأْنَكَ بِهَا قَالَ فَضَالَّةُ الْغَنَمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ هِيَ لَك
• Shahih al-Bukhari 2372جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ اللُّقَطَةِ فَقَالَ اعْرِفْ عِفَاصَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا ثُمَّ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا وَإِلاَّ فَشَأْنَكَ بِهَا قَالَ فَضَالَّةُ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ هِيَ لَكَ أَوْ لأَخِيكَ أَوْ
• Misykatul Mashabih 3033عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ اللُّقَطَةِ فَقَالَ: «اعْرِفْ عِفَاصَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا ثُمَّ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا وَإِلَّا فَشَأْنُكَ ب

Other narrations of this report

al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1986Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22075Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 18675Sunan al-Daraqutni 3436Musnad al-Bazzar 8952al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 5746

Narrators

1. 1
   Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

   a well-known Companiond. 68 AH or 72 AH or 78 AH
   زَيْدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيُّصحابي مشهور
   عن
2. 2
   Yazīd, freed slave of al-Munbaʿith

   truthful (ṣadūq).
   يَزِيدَ مَوْلَى الْمُنْبَعِثِصدوق .
   عن
3. 3
   Rabīʿat al-raʾy

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 133 AH, or: 135 AH, or: 136 AH, or: 142 AH
   رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِثقة ، فقيه ، مشهور
   عن
4. 4
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
   أخبرنا
5. 5
   ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf

   Trustworthy (thiqah), meticulous (mutqin), among the most reliable of people in the Muwaṭṭaʾd. 218 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ ج٣ / ص١٢٥بْنُ يُوسُفَثقة متقن ، من أثبت الناس في الموطأ
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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