Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) found a dinar in the market. He came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Announce it for three days." The narrator says: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) announced it for three days, but he did not find anyone who could identify it. He returned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him about it, and he said: "Make use of it." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sold it, and from it he bought barley for three dirhams and dates for three dirhams, paid off a debt of three dirhams, bought meat for one dirham, and bought olive oil for one dirham. In those days a dinar was worth eleven dirhams. After that, the owner of the dinar came and described its identifying marks. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah ordered me (so I spent it)." The owner of the dinar went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this to him, and he said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "Return it." He said: "I have already spent it." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the man: "When something comes to us, we will pay you."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and Abu Ya'la recorded something similar; Abu Dawud recorded it briefly, without this context. Its chain contains a narrator, Abu Bakr bin Abi Sabrah, who is a wadda' (fabricator of reports).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب البيوع / 6849
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