al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 5789

✧ Mentioning the differences in wording by the narrators of the news of Ubayy b. Ka'b in the statement.

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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ الْمَاجِشُونِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ كَانَ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ غَفَلَةَ وَزِيدُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ وَثَالِثٌ مَعَهُمَا فِي سَفَرٍ فَوَجَدَ أَحَدُهُمَا سَوْطًا فَأَخَذَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبَاهُ أَلْقِهِ فَقَالَ

أَسْتَمْتِعْ بِهِ فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهُ أَدَّيْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ أَتْرُكَهُ لِتَأْكُلَهُ السِّبَاعُ فَلَقِيَ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَصَبْتَ وَأَخْطَأَ فَقَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَجَدْتُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فِي زَمَنِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجِئْتُ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «عَرِّفْهَا عَامًا» فَعَرَّفْتُهَا فَلَمْ تُعْرَفْ فَرَجَعْتُ فَقَالَ «عَرِّفْهَا عَامًا عَرِّفْهَا عَامًا» مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اعْرِفْ عِدَّتَهَا وَوِعَاءَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا وَاخْلِطْهَا لِمَالِكِ فَإِنْ جَاءَ رَبُّهَا فَأَدِّهَا إِلَيْهِ»

Translation

Chain of narrators

Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ
Ḥujayn b. al-Muthanná
ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Abū Salamah al-Mājishūn
ʿAbdullāh b. al-Faḍl
Salamah b. Kuhayl

✧ I said: I will make use of it, and if its owner comes, I will return it to him; that is better than leaving it for wild animals to eat. Then he met Ubayy b. Ka'b and mentioned that to him. He said: “You are right in some ways and wrong in others.” Ubayy b. Ka'b said: “I found a hundred dinars during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so I brought them to him. He said: ‘Announce it for a year.’ I announced it, but it was not recognized, so I returned. He said: ‘Announce it for a year; announce it for a year’—two or three times. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Note its number, its container, and its tie, and mix it with your wealth. If its owner comes, then return it to him.’”

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