Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 767
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَسَدِيِّ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، مَوْلَى شَدَّادِ بْنِ الْهَادِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " مَنْ سَمِعَ رَجُلاً يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ رَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لَمْ تُبْنَ لِهَذَا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ya'qub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us: 'Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us: Haywah ibn Shurayh informed me, from Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Asadi, Abu al-Aswad, from Abu 'Abdullah, the client of Shaddad ibn al-Had, that he heard Abu Hurayrah say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Whoever hears a man announcing lost property in the mosque, let him say, “May Allah not return it to you,” for mosques were not built for this.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The chain contains Abu al-Aswad's kunya and the transmitter's client affiliation; the imperative response and its rationale are retained.
فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ رَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ
The wording is a formulaic response to an announcement of lost property and may carry a rebuking force.
Should the supplication be rendered literally or with an explicit rebuking tone?