Muwatta Malik #1545
Judgements
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ ثَابِتَ بْنَ الضَّحَّاكِ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، أَخْبَرَهُ . أَنَّهُ، وَجَدَ بَعِيرًا بِالْحَرَّةِ فَعَقَلَهُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَهُ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَأَمَرَهُ عُمَرُ أَنْ يُعَرِّفَهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَابِتٌ إِنَّهُ قَدْ شَغَلَنِي عَنْ ضَيْعَتِي . فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ أَرْسِلْهُ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتَهُ .
Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Sulayman ibn Yasar
that Thabit ibn ad-Dahhak al-Ansari told him that he had found a camel
at Harra, so he hobbled it and mentioned it to Umar ibn al-Khattab and
Umar ordered him to make it known three times. Thabit said to him,
"That would distract me from the running of my estate." Umar said to
him, "Then let it go where you found it."
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This hadith is #1545 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Judgements.