سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب اللقطةThe Chapters on Lost Property
بَابُ : مَنْ أَصَابَ رِكَازًاChapter: One Who Finds Buried Treasure
Hadith 2509
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الْمَكِّيُّ ، وَهِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ وأَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " فِي الرِّكَازِ الْخُمُسُ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “One fifth is due on buried treasure.”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Wealth buried by someone in a deserted land or in an ancient, old settlement, whose owner is unknown, is called rikaz. Whoever finds such wealth becomes its owner after paying the khums (one-fifth portion).
Wealth buried by someone in a deserted land or in an ancient, old settlement, whose owner is unknown, is called rikaz. Whoever finds such wealth becomes its owner after paying the khums (one-fifth portion).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3085
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
In this hadith, it is stated that any harm caused by an animal's attack, or by someone falling into a mine or a well, the penalty (compensation) and blood money (diyah) will not be upon the owner of the animal, mine, or well. This is because the owner had employed the worker for the purpose of work, not with the intention of causing him harm. Furthermore, this hadith contains the ruling that upon finding a buried treasure, one-fifth of it must be given as zakat. For details, see (Fath al-Bari: 3/365).
In this hadith, it is stated that any harm caused by an animal's attack, or by someone falling into a mine or a well, the penalty (compensation) and blood money (diyah) will not be upon the owner of the animal, mine, or well. This is because the owner had employed the worker for the purpose of work, not with the intention of causing him harm. Furthermore, this hadith contains the ruling that upon finding a buried treasure, one-fifth of it must be given as zakat. For details, see (Fath al-Bari: 3/365).
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 1109
