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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب اللقطة
Book of Lost Property
باب: بيان مدة التعريف
Chapter: Explanation of the period of announcement
Bayhaqi 12091 — Explanation of the period of announcement
اتَّفَقَتْ رِوَايَةُ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، عَلَى تَعْرِيفِ اللُّقَطَةِ سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَقَدْ مَضَتِ الرِّوَايَةُ عَنْهُمَا، وَكَذَلِكَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، عَنْ أُبِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَرِوَايَةُ الْأَعْمَشِ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ وَحَمَّادٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ تَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ يُعَرِّفُهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَحْوَالٍ. وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ كَذَلِكَ، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: فَلَقِيتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِمَكَّةَ، فَقَالَ: لَا أَدْرِي ثَلَاثَةَ أَحْوَالٍ أَوْ حَوْلًا وَاحِدًا.
The narrations of Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) agree that lost property (luqatah) is to be announced for one year. This narration from both of them has already passed, and likewise (it is narrated) from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and from Uqbah bin Suwayd from his father from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
As for the hadith of Salamah bin Kuhayl from Suwayd bin Ghafalah, from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the narration of al-A'mash, Zayd bin Abi Unaysah and Hammad from Salamah bin Kuhayl indicates that he is to announce it for three years.
And it has reached us likewise from Shu'bah from Salamah. Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Then after that I met him (Salamah) in Makkah, and he said: 'I do not know whether (he said) three years or one year.'"
As for the hadith of Salamah bin Kuhayl from Suwayd bin Ghafalah, from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the narration of al-A'mash, Zayd bin Abi Unaysah and Hammad from Salamah bin Kuhayl indicates that he is to announce it for three years.
And it has reached us likewise from Shu'bah from Salamah. Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Then after that I met him (Salamah) in Makkah, and he said: 'I do not know whether (he said) three years or one year.'"
أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، ثنا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سُوَيْدَ بْنَ غَفَلَةَ يَقُولُ: غَزَوْتُ أَنَا وَزَيْدُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ وَسَلْمَانُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، فَوَجَدْتُ سَوْطًا فَأَخَذْتُهُ، فَقَالَا لِي: أَلْقِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: لَا، وَلَكِنِّي أُعَرِّفُهُ، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُ مَنْ يَعْرِفُهُ وَإِلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِهِ، فَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا مِنْ غَزَاتِنَا قُضِيَ لِي أَنِّي حَجَجْتُ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَلَقِيتُ أُبِيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِشَأْنِ السَّوْطِ وَبِقَوْلِهِمَا، فَقَالَ أُبِيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ: وَجَدْتُ صُرَّةً فِيهَا مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: " عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا "، فَعَرَّفْتُهَا فَلَمْ أَجِدْ مَنْ يَعْرِفُهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَقَالَ: " احْفَظْ عَدَدَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا وَوِعَاءَهَا، فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا وَإِلَّا فَاسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا " قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: فَلَقِيتُ سَلَمَةَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: لَا أَدْرِي ثَلَاثَةَ أَحْوَالٍ أَوْ حَوْلًا وَاحِدًا، فَأَعْجَبَنِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي صَادِقٍ: تَعَالَ فَاسْمَعْهُ مِنْهُ وَرَوَاهُ بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ. قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: فَسَمِعْتُهُ بَعْدَ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ يَقُولُ: عَرِّفْهَا عَامًا وَاحِدًا..
Salamah bin Kuhayl (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Suwayd bin Ghafalah (may Allah have mercy on him) say: I was on a military expedition and I found a whip and took it. Zayd bin Suhan and Salman bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to me: Throw it away. I refused. We completed the expedition, then I performed Hajj, and I passed through Madinah and met Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him). I mentioned this story, and he said to me: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) I found a purse of a hundred dinars. I took it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Announce it for a year." I announced it for a year but found no one who would recognise it. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Announce it for a year." I did so, then came back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Announce it for another year." I did so, then came back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a fourth time, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Count them and remember its tie well. If its owner comes, give it to him; otherwise make use of it." Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I do not know whether he (peace and blessings be upon him) told him to announce it three times or once.
