Sahih al-Bukhari 5292

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ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, from Yazīd, the client of al-Munbaʿith, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked about a lost sheep. He said, ‘Take it; it is yours, or your brother's, or the wolf's.’ He was asked about a lost camel. He became angry, his cheeks reddened, and said, ‘What business have you with it? It has its feet and its waterskin; it drinks water and eats trees until its Lord meets it.’ He was asked about found property and said, ‘Learn its cord and its pouch, announce it for a year, and if someone comes who recognizes it, return it to him. Otherwise, mix it with your property.’ Sufyān said: I met Rabīʿah ibn Abī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān—Sufyān said, ‘I did not retain anything else from him’—and asked him, ‘Do you consider the report of Yazīd, the client of al-Munbaʿith, about lost property to be from Zayd ibn Khālid?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ Yaḥyā said: Rabīʿah would say that it was from Yazīd, the client of al-Munbaʿith, from Zayd ibn Khālid. Sufyān said: I met Rabīʿah and said to him—