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ahmad:21168ʿAbdullāh > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Sūwayd b. Ghafalah

[Machine] So I said, "Should I not take it and benefit from it rather than the wolf eating it?" Then I met Ubayy ibn Ka'b and I mentioned that to him. He said, "You have done well." Then he said, "I found a bag containing one hundred dinars, so I went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned it to him. He said, "Make an announcement about it for a year." So I made an announcement about it for a year. Then I went to him and said, "I have made an announcement about it for a year." He said, "Make an announcement about it for another year." Then he said, "Benefit from it, keep its container and its tear, and count them. If the owner comes, say, 'Jareer,' for I have not kept anything after this, meaning the completion of the narration."  

أحمد:٢١١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا حُجَّاجًا فَوَجَدْتُ سَوْطًا فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ تَأْخُذُهُ؟ فَلَعَلَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ

فَقُلْتُ أَوَلَيْسَ لِي أَخْذُهُ فَأَنْتَفِعَ بِهِخَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ الذِّئْبُ؟ فَلَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْتَقَطْتُ صُرَّةً فِيهَا مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا فَعَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ قَدْ عَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا فَقَالَ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ قَالَ انْتَفِعْ بِهَا وَاحْفَظْ وِكَاءَهَا وَخِرْقَتَهَا وَأَحْصِ عَدَدَهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا قَالَ جَرِيرٌ فَلَمْ أَحْفَظْ مَا بَعْدَ هَذَا يَعْنِي تَمَامَ الْحَدِيثِ  


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nasai-kubra:5790Muḥammad b. Qudāmah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Salamah > Sūwayd b. Ghafalah

[Machine] I picked up a purse that had one hundred dinars in it, so I brought it to the Prophet ﷺ and I mentioned it to him. He said, "Describe its container." So I described its container and said, "I have described its container." He said, "Describe it again next year." So I described it again next year. Then I came to him and said, "I have described it for a year." He said, "Describe it again next year." So I described it again next year. Then I came to him and said, "I have described it." He said, "Benefit from it, and recognize its strap and its openings, and count its number, if its owner comes." Jareer said, "I did not memorize this."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٧٩٠أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا حُجَّاجًا فَوَجَدْتُ سَوْطًا فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَلَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ

لِي الْتَقَطْتُ صُرَّةً فِيهَا مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ فَأَتَيْتُ بِهَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا» فَعَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا فَقُلْتُ قَدْ عَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا فَقَالَ «عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً أُخْرَى» فَعَرَّفْتُهَا سَنَةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ عَرَّفْتُهَا سَنَةً فَقَالَ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ عَرَّفْتُهَا قَالَ «انْتَفِعْ بِهَا وَاعْرِفْ وِكَاءَهَا وَخِرَقتهَا وَأَحْصِ عَدَدَهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا» قَالَ جَرِيرٌ لَمْ أَحْفَظْ بَعْدُ يَعْنِي هَذَا  

suyuti:22-38bUbbiá b. Kaʿb
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السيوطي:٢٢-٣٨b

"عَنْ أُبِّى بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: وَجَدْتُ صُرَّةً فِيهَا مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ فَذَكرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا فَعَرَّفتُهَا فَلَمْ أَجَدْ مَنْ يَعْرِفُهَا، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّى قَدْ عَرَّفْتُهَا، قَالَ: فَعَرِّفْهَا ثَلاَثَةَ أَحْوَالٍ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَحْوَالٍ فَقَالَ: احْفَظْ عَدَدَهَا، وَوِكَاءَهَا، وَوِعَاءَهَا، فَإِنْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ يُخْبِرُكَ بَعَدَدِهَا، وَوِعَائها فَادفَعْهَا إِلَيْهِ، وَإِلاَّ فَاسْتَمْتِع بِهَا فَاسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِهَا".  

[ط] الطيالسي [عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي صحيح، [ن] النسائي هو وابن الجارود وأبو عوانة، والطحاوى، [حب] ابن حبّان [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن في الأفراد