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Sunan Abi Dawud 1714 (Book 10, Hadith 14) #22006
Honesty and Returning Lost Items

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ taught that it is important to be honest and return any lost items to their rightful owners.

Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri: Ali ibn AbuTalib found a dinar and he took it to Fatimah. She asked the Messenger of Allah about it. He said: This is Allah's provision. Then the Messenger of Allah ate out of the food (bought with it), and Ali and Fatimah also ate out of that food. But afterwards a woman came crying out about the dinar. The Prophet said: Pay the dinar, Ali.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَجَدَ دِينَارًا فَأَتَى بِهِ فَاطِمَةَ فَسَأَلَتْ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هُوَ رِزْقُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَأَكَلَ عَلِيٌّ وَفَاطِمَةُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ تَنْشُدُ الدِّينَارَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ يَا عَلِيُّ أَدِّ الدِّينَارَ

TOPICS
honesty  *  items  *  return

QUICK LESSONS:
Be Honest in your dealings with others; Return any lost items you find; Respect other people's property; Acknowledge Allah's provision in your life; Cooperate with each other in good deeds .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith tells us about the importance of honesty and returning lost items. Ali ibn AbuTalib found a dinar and took it to his sister Fatimah. When they asked the Prophet Muhammad about it, he said that this was Allah's provision for them. They ate from the food bought with the dinar but then a woman came crying out about her missing dinar. The Prophet Muhammad then told Ali to pay back the dinar as it belonged to someone else. This teaches us that we should always be honest and return any lost items we find back to their rightful owners as soon as possible. We should not keep things which do not belong to us even if we think no one will know or miss them because Allah knows all our actions and will reward us for being honest in our dealings with others.

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