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السيوطي:١٩٧٢٥a

"مَا وَجَدْتَ فِي طَرِيقِ مِيتَاءٍ (*) أَوْ عَامِر فَعَرِّفْهُ سَنَةً، فإِنْ لَمْ تَجدْ صَاحِبَهُ فلَكَ، وَمَا وَجَدتَ فِي قَرْية غَيرَ عَامِرَةٍ أَوْ طَريقٍ غَيرَ مِيتاءٍ فَفِيهِ الْخُمْسُ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن أبي ثعلبة

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tabarani:18841Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather > Abū Thaʿlabah

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, can you provide me with guidance regarding lost and found items?" He replied, "If you find something on a well-traveled road or in a populated area, then announce it for a year. If you do not find its owner, then it is for you. And if you find something in a village or on a less-traveled road, then it is subject to one-fifth (as tax)." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what if I lost my bow?" He said, "Any bow that returns to you is yours." I asked, "And what if it disappears from me?" He said, "If you do not find any trace of arrow or spear in it after losing it, then it is lost."  

الطبراني:١٨٨٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفْتِنِي فِي اللُّقَطَةِ فَقَالَ «مَا وُجِدَتْ فِي طَرِيقٍ مَيْتَاءَ أَوْ عَامِرَةٍ فَعَرِّفْهُ سَنَةً فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ صَاحِبَهُ فَلَكَ وَمَا وَجَدْتَ فِي قَرْيَةٍ غَيْرِ عَامِرَةٍ أَوْ طَرِيقٍ غَيْرِ مَيْتَاءَ فَفِيهِ الْخُمُسُ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفْتِنِي فِي قَوْسِي قَالَ «كُلْ مَا رَدَّتْ إلَيْكَ قَوْسُكَ» قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ تَوَارَى عَنِّي قَالَ «وَإِنْ تَوَارَى عَنْكَ بَعْدَ أَنْ لَا تَرَى فِيهِ أَثَرَ سَهْمٍ أَوْ نَصْلٍ»