Those who disliked picking up lost property

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Do not lift a found item from the ground, for you have nothing to do with it."

Mujahid and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) were performing the circumambulation of the House of Allah. The two of them found a vessel containing jewels, and they paid no attention to it.

Al-Rabi' (may Allah have mercy on him) used to dislike picking up a found item (luqatah).

Jabir bin Zayd was asked about a found item (luqatah): may it be picked up from the road? He disliked it.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him), while walking, used to pass by a dinar and pay it no attention.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a dinar lying on the ground. He rolled it along with his foot until it came near the place of the imam, and then he left it there.

A man asked Ata bin Abi Rabah: "Is picking up a found item (luqatah) better, or leaving it?" He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Leaving it is better."

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

A man asked Tawus: "I found a dinar. Shall I put it back in the same place?" He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "You have already become liable for it."

Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: None but those who have gone astray pick up a lost item.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting with his back resting against the Ka'bah, and he said: "Whoever picks up a lost item has gone astray."

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: None but one who has gone astray picks up a lost item.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: None but one who has gone astray eats a lost item.

Sayyiduna Thabit bin al-Dahhak (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I found a camel and asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Announce it." I announced it but found no one who was its owner. I came to him and said: "It has kept me occupied!" He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then release it where you caught it."