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Sunan Abi Dawud 1705 (Book 10, Hadith 5) #21997
Lost Items and Ownership

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of making lost items known and not taking them for yourself.

The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Malik through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: They have their stomachs: They can go down to water and eat trees. He did not say about the stray sheep: take it. About a find he said : Make it known for a year; if it’s owner comes, (give it to him), otherwise use it yourself. This version has not the word : " spend it". Abu Dawud said : This tradition has been narrated by al-Thawri, Sulaiman bin Bilal, and Hammad bin Salamah on the authority of Rabi ' ah in a similar manner. They did not mention the word "take it".
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ زَادَ ‏"‏ سِقَاؤُهَا تَرِدُ الْمَاءَ وَتَأْكُلُ الشَّجَرَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ ‏"‏ خُذْهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فِي ضَالَّةِ الشَّاءِ وَقَالَ فِي اللُّقَطَةِ ‏"‏ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا وَإِلاَّ فَشَأْنَكَ بِهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ ‏"‏ اسْتَنْفِقْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ مِثْلَهُ لَمْ يَقُولُوا ‏"‏ خُذْهَا

TOPICS
lost  *  known  *  take  *  spend

QUICK LESSONS:
Make an effort to locate the rightful owner if you find something that does not belong to you.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks to the importance of being honest and responsible when it comes to lost items. It teaches us that if we find something that does not belong to us, we should make an effort to find its rightful owner. We should not take it for ourselves or spend it without permission from its owner. If after a year of trying to locate the owner no one has come forward then we can use it ourselves or give it away as charity. This hadith also teaches us about being mindful of our possessions and taking care of them so they do not get lost in the first place.

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