Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book Or Al-Luqata

11- بَابُ مَنْ عَرَّفَ اللُّقَطَةَ، وَلَمْ يَدْفَعْهَا إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ:

(11) Chapter. Whoever announced the Luqata in public and did not hand it over to the ruler.

1 hadith · references 2438–2438

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Bukhari · 2438أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، عَنِ اللُّقَطَةِ ؟ قَالَ : عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً ، فَإِنْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ يُخْبِرُكَ بِعِفَاصِهَا وَوِكَائِهَا ، وَإِلَّا فَاسْتَنْفِقْ بِهَا ، وَسَأَلَهA bedouin asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Luqata. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Make public announcement about it for one year and if then somebody comes and describes the container of the Luqata and the string it was tied with5 narrators