Mishkat al-MasabihChapter 11Hadith 2915
Full Sharh — Mishkat al-Masabih 2915
وَعَنِ الْجَارُودِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «ضَالَّةُ الْمُسْلِمِ حَرَقُ النَّارِ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
English Translation
Al-Jarud reported God’s Messenger as saying, “A Muslim’s lost property is a cause of the flame of hell*.” * i.e. when the finder, wishing to keep the article, does not make public the fact that he has found it. Darimi transmitted it.
Source
Mishkat al-Masabih(مشكاة المصابيح)
Business Transactions
Hadith Number
2915