Hadith 1720
گری پڑی گمشدہ چیزوں سے متعلق مسائل
The Book of Lost and Found Items
Hadith 1720 from Sunan Abu Dawood, chapter "The Book of Lost and Found Items". Sunan Abu Dawud by Imam Abu Dawud focuses on legal (fiqh) hadiths and is one of the six canonical hadith collections (Kutub al-Sittah). Read the Arabic original, English translation, and Urdu tarjuma below.
Narrated by: Narrated Al-Mundhir Ibn Jarir:
ہم سے عمرو بن عون نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے خالد نے بیان کیا، ابو حیان تیمی کی سند سے, منذر بن جریر کہتے ہیں
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ جَرِيرٍ بِالْبَوَازِيجِ فَجَاءَ الرَّاعِي بِالْبَقَرِ وَفِيهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنْهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ جَرِيرٌ: مَا هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ: لَحِقَتْ بِالْبَقَرِ لَا نَدْرِي لِمَنْ هِيَ، فَقَالَجَرِيرٌ: أَخْرِجُوهَا، فَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: لَا يَأْوِي الضَّالَّةَ إِلَّا ضَالٌّ .
English Translation
I accompanied Jarir at Bawazij. The shepherd brought the cows. Among them there was a cow that was not one of them. Jarir asked him: What is this? He replied: This was mixed with the cows and we do not know to whom it belongs. Jarir said: Take it out. I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: No one mixes a stray animal (with his animals) but a man who strays from right path.
Urdu Translation
میں جریر کے ساتھ بوازیج میں تھا کہ چرواہا گائیں لے کر آیا تو ان میں ایک گائے ایسی تھی جو ان کی گایوں میں سے نہیں تھی، جریر نے اس سے پوچھا: یہ کیسی گائے ہے؟ اس نے کہا: یہ گایوں میں آ کر مل گئی ہے، ہمیں نہیں معلوم کہ یہ کس کی ہے، جریر نے کہا: اسے نکالو، میں نے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو فرماتے سنا: گمشدہ جانور کو کوئی گم راہ ہی اپنے پاس جگہ دیتا ہے ۔
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood · Imam Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath as-Sijistani
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Suwayd Ibn Ghaflah رضی اللہ عنہ said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، قَالَ: غَزَوْتُ مَعَ زَيْدِ بْنِ صُوحَانَ وَ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ فَوَجَدْتُ سَوْطًا، فَقَالَا لِيَ: اطْرَحْهُ، فَقُلْتُ: لَا، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ صَاحِبَهُ وَإِلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِهِ فَحَجَجْتُ فَمَرَرْتُ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَسَأَلْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، فَقَالَ: وَجَدْتُ صُرَّةً فِيهَا مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا ، فَعَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا ، فَعَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا ، فَعَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: لَمْ أَجِدْ مَنْ يَعْرِفُهَا، فَقَالَ: احْفَظْ عَدَدَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا وَوِعَاءَهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا وَإِلَّا فَاسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا ، وَقَالَ: وَلَا أَدْرِي أَثَلَاثًا قَالَ عَرِّفْهَا أَوْ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً.
I fought along with Zayd Ibn Suhan and Sulayman ibn Rabiah. I found a whip. They said to me: Throw it away. I said: No; if I find its owner (I shall give it to him); if not, I shall use it. Then I performed hajj; and when I reached Madina, I asked Ubayy Ibn Kab رضی اللہ عنہ . He said: I found a purse which contained one hundred dinars; so I came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He said to me: Make the matter known for a year. I made it known for a year and then came to him. He then said to me: Make the matter known for a year. So I made it known for a year. I then (again) came to him. He said to me: Make the matter known for a year. Then I came to him and said: I did not find anyone who realises it. He said: Remember, its number, its container and its tie. If its owner comes, (give it to him), otherwise use it yourself. He (the narrator Shubah) said: I do not know whether he said the word make the matter known three times or once.
The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Shubah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. The version goes:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ بِمَعْنَاهُ، قَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا، وَقَالَ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ، قَالَ: فَلَا أَدْرِي قَالَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فِي سَنَةٍ أَوْ فِي ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ.
He said: Make it known for a year. He said this three times. He said: I do not know whether he said “for a year” or “for three years”.
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. ”
Zaid bin Khalid al-Juhani رضی اللہ عنہ said:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ مَوْلَى الْمُنْبَعِثِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ اللُّقَطَةِ، قَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً، ثُمَّ اعْرِفْ وِكَاءَهَا وَعِفَاصَهَا، ثُمَّ اسْتَنْفِقْ بِهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَ رَبُّهَا فَأَدِّهَا إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَضَالَّةُ الْغَنَمِ، فَقَالَ: خُذْهَا فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ لَكَ أَوْ لِأَخِيكَ أَوْ لِلذِّئْبِ ، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَضَالَّةُ الْإِبِلِ، فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى احْمَرَّتْ وَجْنَتَاهُ أَوِ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ، وَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ وَلَهَا مَعَهَا حِذَاؤُهَا وَسِقَاؤُهَا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهَا رَبُّهَا .
A man asked the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم about a find. He said: Make the matter known for a year, then note its string and its container and then use it for your purpose. Then if its owner comes, give it to him. He asked: Messenger of Allah, what about a stray sheep? He replied: Take it; that is for you, or for your brother, or for the wolf. He again asked: Messenger of Allah, What about stray camels? The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم became angry so much so that his cheeks became red or ( the narrator is doubtful) his face became red. He replied: What have you to do with them? They have with them their feet and their stomachs (for drink) till their master comes to him.