Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Amr bin Shu'aib narrates from his father and grandfather that a man asked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah! What is the ruling regarding something we find on deserted roads and uninhabited places (such as villages, etc.)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is a fifth (khums) in it, as there is in buried treasure."

Hazrat Abu Huraira states that there is a fifth (share) in buried treasure.

A narration similar to this is reported from Hazrat Abu Hurairah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Sha'bi that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is a fifth (share) in buried treasure.

A narration similar to this is reported from Hazrat Abu Hurairah.

It is narrated from Imam Sha'bi that an Arab slave found some money whose value was ten thousand. The slave took the money and presented it to Hazrat Umar, so he took two thousand as khums from it and returned the remaining eight thousand to him.

It is narrated from Imam Shabi that a man found fifteen hundred (dirhams) in a deserted place. He brought them to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Hazrat Ali said: Pay its khums, and three-fifths of it are for you. And soon we will purify the remaining khums for you.

Hazrat Umar al-Dhabi narrates that in our area of Sabur, some people from a certain community were digging the ground when suddenly they found a treasure. Their supervisor was Muhammad bin Jabir al-Rasbi. He wrote about this to Hazrat 'Adi, and Hazrat 'Adi wrote to Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz. Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz wrote back that the khums (one-fifth) should be collected from it, a declaration of clearance should be written for them, and the rest should be left for them. (When this letter was received,) they returned the wealth and the khums was collected from it.

Hazrat Husain narrates from a person who was present at the Battle of Qadisiyyah, he says: There was a man among us who was bathing. When the water fell to the ground and made a hole in it, a gold brick was found in it. That man took it and presented it to Hazrat Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas and informed him about it. He said, "Include it in the spoils of war for the Muslims."

It is narrated from Hazrat Huzail that a man came to Hazrat Abdullah and said that he had found two hundred dirhams. Hazrat Abdullah said to him that he did not think the wealth belonged to Muslims, rather he thought it was ancient buried wealth, so he should pay one-fifth of it to the treasury (Bait-ul-Mal) and the rest of the wealth was his.

Hasan says that rikaz is also an ancient treasure, and there is also khums in it.

Hasan says that if a treasure is found in the land of the enemy, then there is khums (one-fifth) in it, and if it is found in the land of the Arabs, then there is zakat in it.

Hazrat Ibrahim bin Al-Muntashir narrates from his father that a man asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "If I find a treasure, should I hand it over to the ruler?" She replied, "May dust be in your mouth," or she said a similar phrase. The narrator says that the doubt is from his side.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is (also) one-fifth in rikaz (buried treasure).

Hazrat Abdullah Al-Muzani narrates from his father and grandfather that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is one-fifth (khums) in buried treasure (rikaz).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) decreed one-fifth (khums) in rikaz (buried treasure).

Hazrat Ikrimah was asked about a person who found stored wealth in the ground. He replied: Pay its khums.