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(Book 36, Hadith 47) #36518
Lost and Found - The Responsibility of Finding Lost Items

SUMMARY: Umar ibn al-Khattab advised a man to announce the finding of a purse with eighty dinars in it at the doors of mosques and to mention it to everyone who comes from Syria for a year, after which the money would be his.

Malik related to me from Ayyub ibn Musa from Muawiya ibn Abdullah ibn Badr al-Juhani that his father informed him that he stopped with a people on the way to Syria and he found a purse which had eighty dinars in it. He mentioned that to Umar ibn al-Khattab. Umar said to him, "Announce it at the doors of the mosques and mention it to everyone who comes from Syria for a year. When a year passes, it is your business".
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَدْرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، نَزَلَ مَنْزِلَ قَوْمٍ بِطَرِيقِ الشَّامِ فَوَجَدَ صُرَّةً فِيهَا ثَمَانُونَ دِينَارًا فَذَكَرَهَا لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ عَرِّفْهَا عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَسَاجِدِ وَاذْكُرْهَا لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَأْتِي مِنَ الشَّأْمِ سَنَةً فَإِذَا مَضَتِ السَّنَةُ فَشَأْنَكَ بِهَا

TOPICS
announcement  *  mosque  *  money  *  responsibility  *  iftiraa  *  masjid  *  maal  *  takleef

QUICK LESSONS:
Make an effort by announcing your findings at places where people can hear about them so that they can claim their belongings back if they are lost or stolen . Take ownership over your actions and do what is right even if no one else knows about them or will benefit from them directly .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about responsibility and honesty when it comes to finding lost items. Umar ibn al-Khattab advised a man who found an item with eighty dinars in it that he should announce this at the doors of mosques and mention it to anyone coming from Syria for one year, after which he could keep the money as his own. This hadith teaches us that we must be honest when we find something that does not belong to us, even if there is no one around claiming ownership over it. We must make an effort by announcing our findings at places where people can hear about them so that they can claim their belongings back if they are lost or stolen. It also teaches us responsibility; we must take ownership over our actions and do what is right even if no one else knows about them or will benefit from them directly.

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