I heard a man from Mazina asking the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "Messenger of Allah, I have come to ask you about a stray camel."He replied, "It has its hooves and its water supply with it. It eats from the trees and comes down to water. So leave it alone until its owner finds it."The man asked, "What about a stray sheep?"He said, "It is either for you, your brother, or the wolf. Take it in until its owner comes for it."The man asked, "What about livestock taken from their grazing pastures?"He said, "Twice its value must be paid, along with a punishing beating. And whatever is taken from its enclosure, the hand is to be cut off if what is taken reaches the value of a shield."The man asked, "Messenger of Allah, what about fruit and what is taken from it while still in its husks?"He said, "Whoever takes some with his mouth and does not carry any away in his garment owes nothing. But whoever carries some off must pay twice its value, along with a beating and a punishment. And whatever is taken from the threshing floors, the hand is to be cut off if what is taken reaches the value of a shield."The man asked, "Messenger of Allah, what about lost property we find on the roads of inhabited areas?"He said, "Announce it for a year. If its owner appears, hand it over to him. Otherwise it is yours."The man asked, "What about what is found in ancient ruins?"He said, "In that, and in buried treasure, a fifth is due."
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سمعت رجلا من مزينة يسأل رسول الله ﷺ قال يا رسول الله جئت أسألك عن الضالة من الإبل قال معها حذاؤها وسقاؤها تأكل الشجر وترد الماء فدعها حتى يأتيها باغيها قال الضالة من الغنم قال لك أو لأخيك أو للذئب تجمعها حتى يأتيها باغيها قال الحريسة التي توجد في مراتعها قال فيها ثمنها مرتين وضرب نكال وما أخذ من عطنه ففيه القطع إذا بلغ ما يؤخذ من ذلك ثمن المجن قال يا رسول الله فالثمار وما أخذ منها في أكمامها قال من أخذ بفمه ولم يتخذ خبنة فليس عليه شيء ومن احتمل فعليه ثمنه مرتين وضربا ونكالا وما أخذ من أجرانه ففيه القطع إذا بلغ ما يؤخذ من ذلك ثمن المجن قال يا رسول الله واللقطة نجدها في سبيل العامرة قال عرفها حولا فإن وجد باغيها فأدها إليه وإلا فهي لك قال ما يوجد في الخرب العادي قال فيه وفي الركاز الخمس