Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

While I as in the company of Salman bin Rabi`a and Suhan, in one of the holy battles, I found a whip.
One of them told me to drop it but I refused to do so and said that I would give it to its owner if I
found him, otherwise I would utilize it. On our return we performed Hajj and on passing by Medina, I
asked Ubai bin Ka`b about it. He said, “I found a bag containing a hundred Dinars in the lifetime of
the Prophet (ﷺ) and took it to the Prophet (ﷺ) who said to me, ‘Make public announcement about it for one
year.’ So, I announced it for one year and went to the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, ‘Announce it publicly for
another year.’ So, I announced it for another year. I went to him again and he said, “Announce for an
other year.” So I announced for still another year. I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) for the fourth time, and he
said, ‘Remember the amount of money, the description of its container and the string it is tied with,
and if the owner comes, give it to him; otherwise, utilize it.’ ”

A bedouin asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Luqata. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Make public announcement about it
for one year and if then somebody comes and describes the container of the Luqata and the string it
was tied with, (give it to him); otherwise, spend it.” He then asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about a lost camel. The
face of the Prophet (ﷺ) become red and he said, “You have o concern with it as it has its water reservoir
and feet and it will reach water and drink and eat trees. Leave it till its owner finds it.” He then asked
the Prophet (ﷺ) about a lost sheep. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is for you, for your brother, or for the wolf.”

While I was on my way, all of a sudden I saw a shepherd driving his sheep, I asked him whose servant
he was. He replied that he was the servant of a man from Quraish, and then he mentioned his name
and I recognized him. I asked, “Do your sheep have some milk?” He replied in the affirmative. I said,
“Are you going to milk for me?” He replied in the affirmative. I ordered him and he tied the legs of
one of the sheep. Then I told him to clean the udder (teats) of dust and to remove dust off his hands.
He removed the dust off his hands by clapping his hands. He then milked a little milk. I put the milk
for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) in a pot and closed its mouth with a piece of cloth and poured water over it till it
became cold. I took it to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “Drink, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!” He drank it till I was
pleased.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “When the believers pass safely over (the bridge across) Hell, they will be
stopped at a bridge in between Hell and Paradise where they will retaliate upon each other for the
injustices done among them in the world, and when they get purified of all their sins, they will be
admitted into Paradise. By Him in Whose Hands the life of Muhammad is everybody will recognize
his dwelling in Paradise better than he recognizes his dwelling in this world.”

While I was walking with Ibn `Umar holding his hand, a man came in front of us and asked, “What
have you heard from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about An-Najwa?” Ibn `Umar said, “I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
saying, ‘Allah will bring a believer near Him and shelter him with His Screen and ask him: Did you
commit such-and-such sins? He will say: Yes, my Lord. Allah will keep on asking him till he will
confess all his sins and will think that he is ruined. Allah will say: ‘I did screen your sins in the world
and I forgive them for you today’, and then he will be given the book of his good deeds. Regarding
infidels and hypocrites (their evil acts will be exposed publicly) and the witnesses will say: These are
the people who lied against their Lord. Behold! The Curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers.” (11.18)

I found a purse containing one hundred Diners. So I went to the Prophet (and informed him about it),
he said, “Make public announcement about it for one year” I did so, but nobody turned up to claim it,
so I again went to the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, “Make public announcement for another year.” I did, but
none turned up to claim it. I went to him for the third time and he said, “Keep the container and the
string which is used for its tying and count the money it contains and if its owner comes, give it to
him; otherwise, utilize it.”
The sub-narrator Salama said, “I met him (Suwaid, another sub-narrator) in Mecca and he said, ‘I don’t
know whether Ubai made the announcement for three years or just one year.’ ”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor
should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill
his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him out of the
discomforts of the Day of Resurrection, and whoever screened a Muslim, Allah will screen him on the
Day of Resurrection . ”

A bedouin went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him about picking up a lost thing. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Make
public announcement about it for one year. Remember the description of its container and the string
with which it is tied; and if somebody comes and claims it and describes it correctly, (give it to him);
otherwise, utilize it.” He said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! What about a lost sheep?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is
for you, for your brother (i.e. its owner), or for the wolf.” He further asked, “What about a lost
camel?” On that the face of the Prophet (ﷺ) became red (with anger) and said, “You have nothing to do
with it, as it has its feet, its water reserve and can reach places of water and drink, and eat trees.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one.”

Yazid Maula Al-Munba’ith heard Zaid bin Khalid al-Juham saying, “The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about
Luqata. He said, ‘Remember the description of its container and the string it is tied with, and announce
it publicly for one year.’ ” Yazid added, “If nobody claims then the person who has found it can spend
it, and it is regarded as a trust entrusted to him.” Yahya said, “I do not know whether the last sentences
were said by the Prophet (ﷺ) or by Yazid.” Zaid further said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked, ‘What about a lost
sheep?’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Take it, for it is for you or for your brother (i.e. its owner) or for the wolf.”
Yazid added that it should also be announced publicly. The man then asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about a lost
camel. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Leave it, as it has its feet, water container (reservoir), and it will reach a
place of water and eat trees till its owner finds it.”