حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَکِيمٍ الْأَوْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ مَوْلَی الْمُنْبَعِثِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ يَقُولُا أَتَی رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَکَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ إِسْمَعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَاحْمَارَّ وَجْهُهُ وَجَبِينُهُ وَغَضِبَ وَزَادَ بَعْدَ قَوْلِهِ ثُمَّ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِئْ صَاحِبُهَا کَانَتْ وَدِيعَةً عِنْدَکَ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 4501
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Rabi'a b. Abu Abd al-Rahman with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition: There came a person to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) while I was with him, and he asked him about picking up of a stray article, and he said: When none comes to demand it, then spend that.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020