10/1. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1717 — Small Found Items
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Hadith About Benefiting from Small Found Items
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1717
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1717
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ الْمَكِّيِّ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ رَخَّصَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْعَصَا وَالسَّوْطِ وَالْحَبْلِ وَأَشْبَاهِهِ يَلْتَقِطُهُ الرَّجُلُ يَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلاَمِ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَرَوَاهُ شَبَابَةُ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ كَانُوا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave us licence to use (for our purpose) a stick, a rope, a whip and things of that type which a man picked up; he may benefit from them.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1717In-book reference : Book 10, Hadith 17English translation : Book 9, Hadith 1713
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1717
This hadith about small found items mentions a stick, a rope, a whip, and similar things. Jabir ibn Abdullah said the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم gave license for a person who picked up such items to benefit from them. The wording is limited to simple items of that type, so the explanation should not stretch it to all found wealth. Other reports in this same topic speak about announcing valuable finds, but this narration focuses on items like a stick, rope, or whip. The likely main search term is hadith about small found items in Islam. The practical message is that not every found object has the same treatment. Small, ordinary items mentioned in the text may be used by the person who picks them up.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith mentions permission to benefit from a stick, rope, whip, and similar items.
- The wording is about simple found objects, not every type of wealth.
- A person may benefit from the small items named in the narration.
- Different kinds of found property may have different treatment.
