حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ،حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ، زَادَ: سِقَاؤُهَا تَرِدُ الْمَاءَ وَتَأْكُلُ الشَّجَرَ ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: خُذْهَا فِي ضَالَّةِ الشَّاءِ، وَقَالَ فِي اللُّقَطَةِ: عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا وَإِلَّا فَشَأْنُكَ بِهَا ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ: اسْتَنْفِقْ. قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد: رَوَاهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ وَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ مِثْلَهُ، لَمْ يَقُولُوا: خُذْهَا.
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Malik through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: They have their stomachs: They can go down to water and eat trees. He did not say about the stray sheep: take it. About a find he said: Make it known for a year; if it’s owner comes, (give it to him), otherwise use it yourself. This version has not the word: “ spend it”. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Thawri, Sulaiman bin Bilal, and Hammad bin Salamah on the authority of Rabi ‘ ah in a similar manner. They did not mention the word “take it”.
