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nasai-kubra:5774Asmaʿ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bakr b. Sawādah > Abū Sālim al-Jayshānī > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, "Whoever takes something found is considered lost until he identifies it."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٧٧٤الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَالِمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَخَذَ لُقَطَةً فَهُوَ ضَالٌّ مَا لَمْ يُعَرِّفْهَا»  


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muslim:1725Abū al-Ṭāhir And Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bakr b. Sawādah > Abū Sālim al-Jayshānī > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

He who found a stray article is himself led astray if he does not advertise it.  

مسلم:١٧٢٥وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَيُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَالِمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ آوَى ضَالَّةً فَهُوَ ضَالٌّ مَا لَمْ يُعَرِّفْهَا  

ذِكْرُ إِثْبَاتِ اسْمِ الضَّالِّ عَلَى مَنْ لَمْ يُعَرِّفِ الضَّوَالَّ، إِذَا وَجَدَهَا

ibnhibban:4897Abū Yaʿlá > Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bakr b. Sawādah > Abū Sālim al-Jayshānī > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, "Whoever shelters a stray, he is considered as a stray until he identifies it."  

ابن حبّان:٤٨٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَالِمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ آوَى ضَالَّةً فَهُوَ ضَالٌّ مَا لَمْ يُعَرِّفْهَا»