33. The Found
٣٣۔ كِتَابُ اللُّقَطَةِ
[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever shelters a stray is considered lost until he reveals its identity.""
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ آوَى ضَالَّةً فَهُوَ ضَالٌّ مَا لَمْ يُعَرِّفْهَا
[Machine] He said: Go and send him from where you took him and with his meaning.
لَهُ اذْهَبْ فَأَرْسِلْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَخَذْتَهُ وَبِمَعْنَاهُ
[Machine] He heard Ibn Shihab say that the stray camels in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab were branded, and their offspring would not be touched until the time of Uthman ibn Affan. Uthman then ordered for their identification and registration, and they were sold. When their owner came, they were given their price.
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ يَقُولُ كَانَتْ ضَوَالُّ الْإِبِلِ فِي زَمَانِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ إِبِلًا مُؤَبَّلَةً تَنَاتَجُ لَا يَمَسُّهَا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ زَمَانُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ أَمَرَ بِمَعْرِفَتِهَا وَتَعْرِيفِهَا ثُمَّ تُبَاعُ فَإِذَا جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا أُعْطِيَ ثَمَنَهَا