Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) said: Do not pick up anything from the ground because there is no benefit in it for you.

Hazrat Mujahid and Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) were performing Tawaf of the House of Allah. They found a vessel in which there were jewels. Both of them paid no attention to it.

Hazrat Rabee’ (may Allah have mercy on him) disliked picking up lost property.

Hazrat Jabir bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about lost property (luqatah): can it be picked up from the road? He disliked this.

Hazrat Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) was passing by a dinar lying on the road, but he did not pay any attention to it.

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a fallen dinar and rolled it with his foot until it reached near the place of the Imam, and then he left it there.

A person asked Hazrat Ata bin Abi Rabah whether it is better to pick up a lost item (luqatah) or to leave it. He (may Allah have mercy on him) replied: It is better to leave it.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Dinar narrates that I said to Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), "I have found a lost item (luqatah)." He replied, "Why did you pick it up?"

A person asked Hazrat Tawus, "I have found a dinar; should I put it back in the same place?" He, may Allah have mercy on him, replied, "You have become its guarantor."

Hazrat Jarir, may Allah have mercy on him, says that only a misguided person picks up a lost item.

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting leaning against the Kaaba. He said, "Whoever picks up a lost item is misguided."

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Only a misguided person picks up a lost item. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Only a misguided person consumes a lost item.

Hazrat Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I found a camel, so I asked Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) about it. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Announce it." I made the announcement, but did not find any owner. I went to him and said, "It has kept me occupied!" He (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Then leave it where you found it."