Malik related to me that he heard Ibn Shihab say, "The stray camels in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab were numerous and left alone. No one touched them until the time of Uthman ibn Affan. He ordered that they be publicised and then sold, and if the owner came afterwards, he was given their price."
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 36, Hadith 51 |
Arabic reference | : Book 36, Hadith 1454 |