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Hadith 1720
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حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ ، عَنْ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ مَعَ جَرِيرٍ بِالْبَوَازِيجِ فَجَاءَ الرَّاعِي بِالْبَقَرِ وَفِيهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنْهَا ، فَقَالَ لَهُ جَرِيرٌ : مَا هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ : لَحِقَتْ بِالْبَقَرِ لَا نَدْرِي لِمَنْ هِيَ ، فَقَالَ جَرِيرٌ : أَخْرِجُوهَا ، فَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " لَا يَأْوِي الضَّالَّةَ إِلَّا ضَالٌّ " .
Narrated Al-Mundhir ibn Jarir: I accompanied Jarir at Bawazij. The shepherd brought the cows. Among them there was a cow that was not one of them. Jarir asked him: What is this? He replied: This was mixed with the cows and we do not know to whom it belongs. Jarir said: Take it out. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: No one mixes a stray animal (with his animals) but a man who strays from right path.
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Brief Explanation
1؎: "Bawazij": (In Iraq) is the name of a city near the river Tigris.
2؎: The meaning is that if someone seizes a lost animal in order to make it his own, then he is astray. As for the person who seizes it so that he may announce it and return it to its owner, then there is no harm in that, because Imam Muslim has transmitted in his Sahih the narration of Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani radi Allahu anhu, whose wording is: «من آوى ضالة فهو ضال ما لم يعرفها» and the wording of the narration in al-Nasa'i is as follows: «من أخذ لقطة فهو ضال ما لم يعرفها» Whoever keeps a lost thing with himself is astray until he makes its announcement.
2؎: The meaning is that if someone seizes a lost animal in order to make it his own, then he is astray. As for the person who seizes it so that he may announce it and return it to its owner, then there is no harm in that, because Imam Muslim has transmitted in his Sahih the narration of Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani radi Allahu anhu, whose wording is: «من آوى ضالة فهو ضال ما لم يعرفها» and the wording of the narration in al-Nasa'i is as follows: «من أخذ لقطة فهو ضال ما لم يعرفها» Whoever keeps a lost thing with himself is astray until he makes its announcement.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1720. Commentary:
➊ The one who takes possession of a lost item and hides it, or assumes ownership of it, is a misguided and astray person, whereas the one who makes an announcement about it is not so. It is possible that the opinion of Jarir radi Allahu anhu was that a cow is like a camel; this animal can survive by grazing and drinking, and minor predators cannot attack it, so therefore it is better to leave it. Its owner will find it himself.
➋ Bawazij al-Anbar is a region on the upper side of Baghdad, which was conquered by Jarir radi Allahu anhu, and his freed slaves (mawali) resided there.
➊ The one who takes possession of a lost item and hides it, or assumes ownership of it, is a misguided and astray person, whereas the one who makes an announcement about it is not so. It is possible that the opinion of Jarir radi Allahu anhu was that a cow is like a camel; this animal can survive by grazing and drinking, and minor predators cannot attack it, so therefore it is better to leave it. Its owner will find it himself.
➋ Bawazij al-Anbar is a region on the upper side of Baghdad, which was conquered by Jarir radi Allahu anhu, and his freed slaves (mawali) resided there.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1720
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊
This ruling pertains to large animals, such as camels and cows, etc.
Small animals (such as sheep and goats, etc.)
should be caught so that a wolf or the like in the wilderness does not eat them, as will be mentioned in the next hadith.
➋
This rebuke is for the person who catches the animal in order not to announce it, but rather to take possession of it. If he intends to search for the owner of the animal, then there is no harm.
In Sahih Muslim, this hadith appears with these words: Whoever gives shelter to a stray animal is misguided, as long as he does not announce it. (Sahih Muslim, al-Luqatah, Chapter: Regarding the Lost Property of the Pilgrim, Hadith: 1725)
➊
This ruling pertains to large animals, such as camels and cows, etc.
Small animals (such as sheep and goats, etc.)
should be caught so that a wolf or the like in the wilderness does not eat them, as will be mentioned in the next hadith.
➋
This rebuke is for the person who catches the animal in order not to announce it, but rather to take possession of it. If he intends to search for the owner of the animal, then there is no harm.
In Sahih Muslim, this hadith appears with these words: Whoever gives shelter to a stray animal is misguided, as long as he does not announce it. (Sahih Muslim, al-Luqatah, Chapter: Regarding the Lost Property of the Pilgrim, Hadith: 1725)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2503
