Al hasan said “Rikaz means treasure buried in pre Islamic times.”
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 20, Hadith 159
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A fifth is payable on buried treasure.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 20, Hadith 158 Next Hadith → Al-Miqdad went to Baqi' al-Khabkhabah for a certain need. He found a mouse taking out a dinar from a hole. It then continued to take out dinars one by one until it took out seventeen dinars. It then took out a red purse containing a dinar. There were thus eighteen dinars. He took them to the Prophet (ﷺ), informed him and said to him: Take its sadaqah. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him: Did you extend your hand toward the hole? He replied: No. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: May Allah bless you in it.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 20, Hadith 160
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 20, Hadith 158 Next Hadith → Al-Miqdad went to Baqi' al-Khabkhabah for a certain need. He found a mouse taking out a dinar from a hole. It then continued to take out dinars one by one until it took out seventeen dinars. It then took out a red purse containing a dinar. There were thus eighteen dinars. He took them to the Prophet (ﷺ), informed him and said to him: Take its sadaqah. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him: Did you extend your hand toward the hole? He replied: No. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: May Allah bless you in it.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 20, Hadith 160