Hadith 3531

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ وَجَدَ عَيْنَ مَالِهِ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ ، وَيَتَّبِعُ الْبَيِّعُ مَنْ بَاعَهُ " .
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone finds his very property with a man, he is more entitled to it (than anyone else), and the buyer should pursue the one who sold it.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الإجارة / 3531
Hadith Grading الألبانی: ضعيف  |  زبیر علی زئی: ضعيف, إسناده ضعيف, نسائي (4685), قتادة عنعن, انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 125
Hadith Takhrij « سنن النسائی/البیوع 94 (4685)، (تحفة الأشراف: 4595)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (5/13، 18) (ضعیف) » (اس کے راوة قتادہ اور حسن بصری دونوں مدلس ہیں اور عنعنہ سے روایت کئے ہوئے ہیں)
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit:
If any usurped, stolen, or lost property is found in someone's possession,
then it is the right of the original owner.
That is, the buyer should return it to the original owner.
And he should recover his loss, that is, the price of that property, from the person from whom he had purchased it.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3531
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
Urdu footnote:
‘Ayn, that is, by "original property" is meant the property which was stolen or snatched, and then was found in the possession of another person. According to this hadith, the original owner will take back his property from the other person without any compensation. The second person will demand his money from the seller, not from the original owner, because it is his personal property. (For a detailed discussion, see Hadith: 4683)
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4685