Announcing a lost item, noting its features and calling witnesses to it

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about lost property. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Know its pouch and its tie, then announce it for a year. If its owner comes, give it to him; otherwise it is yours."

It is narrated from Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him): "Announce it for a year, then know its pouch and its tie. Then include it in your spending. If its owner comes, give it to him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked about lost property. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Announce it for a year, then know its pouch and its tie and remember it. If its owner comes, give it to him; otherwise include it in your spending and make use of it." He asked about a stray sheep. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is for you, or for your brother, or for the wolf." He asked about a stray camel, and the face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned red. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you have to do with it? It has its shoes and its water-skin with it; it can drink water and eat the leaves of trees. Leave it until its owner finds it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever finds a lost item, let him announce it for a year. If its owner comes, let him give it to him; otherwise let him count its number and know its tie, then consume it. If its owner comes, return it to him."
The words of a narration are: "If it is identified, give it back; otherwise know its pouch, its tie and its number."

Salamah bin Kuhayl (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Suwayd bin Ghafalah (may Allah have mercy on him) say that he was on a military expedition and found a whip, so he took it. Zayd bin Suhan and Salman bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Throw it away. He said: I refused to listen to them. We completed our expedition, then I performed Hajj and passed through Madinah, so I came to Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) and mentioned this to him. He said: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) I found a purse containing a hundred dinars. I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Announce it for a year." I announced it for a year but found no one who recognised it. I went back to him and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said the same three times, then he said: "Keep in mind its number, its container and its tie. If its owner comes (give it to him); otherwise make use of it." He said: So I made use of it. Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I do not know whether he announced it for a year up to three years, or within one year.

It is reported from Suwayd bin Ghafalah (may Allah have mercy on him): We were performing Hajj and I found a whip, then he mentioned the hadith, without naming Zayd bin Suhan and Salman bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with them both), and at the end he said: I announced it, and he said: "Make use of it, and remember its container and its tie, and count its number."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Iyad bin Himar al-Mujashi'i (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever finds a lost item, let him make one or two upright men witnesses, and let him not conceal it nor hide anything of it. If he finds its owner, let him return it to him; otherwise it is the wealth of Allah, which He gives to whomever He wills."

Mu'awiyah bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) was informed by his father that he stopped at a place on a road of al-Sham and found a purse there containing 80 dinars. He mentioned it to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Announce it at the doors of the mosque, and tell whoever comes from al-Sham about it for a year; then when the year has passed, it is yours.