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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Livelihood

Chapter on Lost Property and Stray Animals

1476. hadíth

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَللُّقَطَةِ وَ أَنَا أَسْمَعُ فَقَالَ "تُعَرِّفُهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ صَاحِبَهَا وَ إِلاَّ فَأَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا".

It is narrated from Hanan ibn Sadir, who said: A man asked Abu Abdullah (a.s) about lost property while I was listening. Imam (a.s) said: "Announce it for one year. If you find its owner, return it to him; otherwise, you are more entitled to keep it."

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