حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِکٌ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ زَادَ سِقَاؤُهَا تَرِدُ الْمَائَ وَتَأْکُلُ الشَّجَرَ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ خُذْهَا فِي ضَالَّةِ الشَّائِ وَقَالَ فِي اللُّقَطَةِ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ جَائَ صَاحِبُهَا وَإِلَّا فَشَأْنُکَ بِهَا وَلَمْ يَذْکُرْ اسْتَنْفِقْ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد رَوَاهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ مِثْلَهُ لَمْ يَقُولُوا خُذْهَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1705
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Malik through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: They have their stomachs: They can go down to water and eat trees. He did not say about the stray sheep: take it. About a find he said: Make it known for a year; if it’s owner comes, (give it to him), otherwise use it yourself. This version has not the word: “ spend it”. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Thawri, Sulaiman bin Bilal, and Hammad bin Salamah on the authority of Rabi ‘ ah in a similar manner. They did not mention the word “take it”.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020