Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book Or Al-Luqata

10- بَابُ هَلْ يَأْخُذُ اللُّقَطَةَ، وَلاَ يَدَعُهَا تَضِيعُ، حَتَّى لاَ يَأْخُذَهَا مَنْ لاَ يَسْتَحِقُّ:

(10) Chapter. Should one pick up a fallen thing, lest it should be spoilt or taken by somebody who does not deserve it?

1 hadith · references 2437–2437

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Bukhari · 2437كُنْتُ مَعَ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ صُوحَانَ فِي غَزَاةٍ ، فَوَجَدْتُ سَوْطًا ، فَقَالَا لِي : أَلْقِهِ ، قُلْتُ : لَا ، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ صَاحِبَهُ وَإِلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِهِ ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا While I as in the company of Salman bin Rabi`a and Suhan, in one of the holy battles, I found a whip. One of them told me to drop it but I refused to do so and said that I would give it to its owner if I found him, other9 narrators·parallel chain