حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاکُ خَالُ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ کُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بِالْبَوَازِيجِ فَرَاحَتْ الْبَقَرُ فَرَأَی بَقَرَةً أَنْکَرَهَا فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ قَالُوا بَقَرَةٌ لَحِقَتْ بِالْبَقَرِ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَطُرِدَتْ حَتَّی تَوَارَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا يُؤْوِي الضَّالَّةَ إِلَّا ضَالٌّ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2503
It was narrated that Mundhir bin Jarir said: "I was with my father in Bawazij and the cows came back in the evening. He saw a cow and did not recognize it. He said: 'What is this?' He said: 'A cow that joined the herd: And he issued orders that it be driven away until it disappeared from view, Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say "No one gives refuge to a stray animal but one who is also astray."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020