Volume 3, Book 43, Number 621:
Narrated Safwan bin Muhriz Almazini:
While I was walking with Ibn ‘Umar holding his hand, a man came in front of us and asked,
“What have you heard from Allah’s Apostle about An-Najwa?” Ibn ‘Umar said, “I heard Allah’s
Apostle saying, ‘Allah will bring a believer near Him and shelter him with His Screen and ask him:
Did you commit such-and-such sins? He will say: Yes, my Lord. Allah will keep on asking him till he
will confess all his sins and will think that he is ruined. Allah will say: ‘I did screen your sins in the
world and I forgive them for you today’, and then he will be given the book of his good deeds. Re –
garding infidels and hypocrites (their evil acts will be exposed publicly) and the witnesses will say:
These are the people who lied against their Lord. Behold! The Curse of Allah is upon the wrongdo –
ers.” (11.18)
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 622:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said, “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor
should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will ful –
fill his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him out of
the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection, and whoever screened a Muslim, Allah will screen him
on the Day of Resurrection . “
Volume 3, Book 42, Number 613:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
When Allah gave victory to His Apostle over the people of Mecca, Allah’s Apostle stood up among
the people and after glorifying Allah, said, “Allah has prohibited fighting in Mecca and has given au –
thority to His Apostle and the believers over it, so fighting was illegal for anyone before me, and was
made legal for me for a part of a day, and it will not be legal for anyone after me. Its game should not
be chased, its thorny bushes should not be uprooted, and picking up its fallen things is not allowed
except for one who makes public announcement for it, and he whose relative is murdered has the
option either to accept a compensation for it or to retaliate.” Al-‘Abbas said, “Except Al-ldhkhir, for
we use it in our graves and houses.” Allah’s Apostle said, “Except Al-ldhkhir.” Abu Shah, a Yemenite,
stood up and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Get it written for me.” Allah’s Apostle said, “Write it for Abu
Shah.” (The sub-narrator asked Al-Auza’i): What did he mean by saying, “Get it written, O Allah’s
Apostle?” He replied, “The speech which he had heard from Allah’s Apostle .”
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Volume 3, Book 42, Number 614:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said, “An animal should not be milked without the permission of its owner. Does
any of you like that somebody comes to his store and breaks his container and takes away his food?
The udders of the animals are the stores of their owners where their provision is kept, so nobody
should milk the animals of somebody else, without the permission of its owner.”
Volume 3, Book 42, Number 615:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani:
A man asked Allah’s Apostle about the Luqata. He said, “Make public announcement of it for one
year, then remember the description of its container and the string it is tied with, utilize the money,
and if its owner comes back after that, give it to him.” The people asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! What
about a lost sheep?” Allah’s Apostle said, “Take it, for it is for you, for your brother, or for the wolf.”
The man asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! What about a lost camel?” Allah’s Apostle got angry and his
cheeks or face became red, and said, “You have no concern with it as it has its feet, and its water-
container, till its owner finds it.”
Volume 3, Book 42, Number 616:
Narrated Suwaid bin Ghafala:
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, otherwise I would utilize it. On our return we performed Hajj and on passing by
Medina, I asked Ubai bin Ka’b about it. He said, “I found a bag containing a hundred Dinars in the
lifetime of the Prophet and took it to the Prophet who said to me, ‘Make public announcement about
it for one year.’ So, I announced it for one year and went to the Prophet who said, ‘Announce it pub –
licly for another year.’ So, I announced it for another year. I went to him again and he said, “An –
nounce for an other year.” So I announced for still another year. I went to the Prophet for the fourth
time, and he said, ‘Remember the amount of money, the description of its container and the string it
is tied with, and if the owner comes, give it to him; otherwise, utilize it.’ “
Volume 3, Book 42, Number 617:
Narrated Salama:
the above narration (Hadith 616) from Ubai bin Ka’b: adding, “I met the sub-narrator at Mecca
later on, but he did not remember whether Ka’b had announced what he had found one year or
three years.”
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Volume 3, Book 42, Number 610:
Narrated Sulaiman bin Bilal from Yahya:
Yazid Maula Al-Munba’ith heard Zaid bin Khalid al-Juham saying, “The Prophet was asked about
Luqata. He said, ‘Remember the description of its container and the string it is tied with, and an –
nounce it publicly for one year.’ ” Yazid added, “If nobody claims then the person who has found it
can spend it, and it is regarded as a trust entrusted to him.” Yahya said, “I do not know whether the
last sentences were said by the Prophet or by Yazid.” Zaid further said, “The Prophet was asked,
‘What about a lost sheep?’ The Prophet said, ‘Take it, for it is for you or for your brother (i.e. its own –
er) or for the wolf.” Yazid added that it should also be announced publicly. The man then asked the
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Prophet about a lost camel. The Prophet said, “Leave it, as it has its feet, water container (reservoir),
and it will reach a place of water and eat trees till its owner finds it.”