Finds Sunan Abi Dawud 1706
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، - الْمَعْنَى - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُثْمَانَ - عَنْ سَالِمِ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلَ عَنِ اللُّقَطَةِ فَقَالَ "عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ جَاءَ بَاغِيهَا فَأَدِّهَا إِلَيْهِ وَإِلاَّ فَاعْرِفْ عِفَاصَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا ثُمَّ كُلْهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَ بَاغِيهَا فَأَدِّهَا إِلَيْهِ "
Translation
Narrated Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani
Muhammad ibn Rafi' and Harun ibn 'Abdullah - the meaning is the same - said: Ibn Abi Fudaik narrated to us, from Ad-Dahhak - meaning Ibn Uthman - from Salim Abu An-Nadr, from Busr ibn Sa'id, from Zaid ibn Khalid Al-Juhani, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about a lost property (Luqatah), and he said: "Announce it for a year. If its owner comes, return it to him; otherwise, recognize its container and its drawstring, then eat (use) it. If its owner comes, return it to him."