Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا حُجَّاجًا فَوَجَدْتُ سَوْطًا فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ تَأْخُذُهُ فَلَعَلَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَوَلَيْسَ لِي أَخْذُهُ فَأَنْتَفِعَ بِهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ الذِّئْبُ فَلَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْتَقَطْتُ صُرَّةً فِيهَا مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا فَعَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ قَدْ عَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا فَقَالَ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ قَالَ انْتَفِعْ بِهَا وَاحْفَظْ وِكَاءَهَا وَخِرْقَتَهَا وَأَحْصِ عَدَدَهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا قَالَ جَرِيرٌ فَلَمْ أَحْفَظْ مَا بَعْدَ هَذَا يَعْنِي تَمَامَ الْحَدِيثِ.
English Translation
Abu Khaythama told us, Jarir told us, from al-A'mash, from Salama ibn Kuhayl, from Suwayd ibn Ghafala, who said: We were pilgrims, and I found a whip and took it. The people said: "You take it? Perhaps it belongs to a Muslim man." I said: "Is it not permissible for me to take it and benefit from it, better than letting the wolf eat it?" Then I met Ubayy ibn Ka'b and mentioned that to him, and he said: "You did well." Then he said: "I found a purse containing a hundred dinars, and I went to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and mentioned that to him, and he said: 'Announce it for a year.' So I announced it for a year, then I came to him and said: I have announced it for a year. He said: 'Announce it another year.'" Then he said: "Benefit from it, and keep its tie and its cloth wrapping, and count its number; if its owner comes..." Jarir said: I did not memorize what came after this, meaning the rest of the hadith.