Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ قَالَ نا عَاصِمٌ يَعْنِي الْأَحْوَلَ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أُمِرْنَا إِذَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ أَنْ نَقُولَ لَهُ لَا وَجَدْتَ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ أُمِرْنَا إِذَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ يَنْشُدُ ضَالَّةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ أَنْ نَقُولَ لَهُ لَا وَجَدْتَ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Samurah narrated to us, he stated: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, he stated: Asim — meaning al-Ahwal — narrated to us from Abu Uthman from Hadrat Abdullah (may Allah be well pleased with him), he stated: We were commanded that when we see someone calling out for a lost item in the mosque, we should say to him: «May you not find it.» This hadith — we do not know it to be narrated from Abdullah except with this chain of transmission.