Finds Sunan Abi Dawud 1705
Arabic hadith text
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 وَإِلاَّ فَشَأْنَكَ بِهَا " . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ " اسْتَنْفِقْ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ مِثْلَهُ لَمْ يَقُولُوا " خُذْهَا
Translation
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Malik through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds
Ibn al-Sarh narrated to us: Ibn Wahb narrated to us: Malik informed us, with his isnad and meaning, with the addition: "It has its water-skin, it drinks water and eats trees." And he did not say: "Take it," concerning a stray sheep. Regarding lost property, he said: "Announce it for a year; if its owner comes, otherwise do with it what you will." And he did not mention: "Spend from it." Abu Dawud said: Al-Thawri, Sulaiman bin Bilal, and Hammad bin Salamah narrated it from Rabi'ah similarly, and they did not say: "Take it."