It is narrated from Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Marwan: When a man's property is stolen and he finds it, he has more right to it wherever he finds it. He said: Marwan wrote to me about this while I was governor of al-Yamamah, so I wrote back to Marwan that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had ruled that if (the stolen property) is found with a man who is not under suspicion, then if its original owner wishes, he may take it by paying its price, or else he may pursue his thief; and after him (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them) also ruled the same way. Marwan sent my letter to Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he wrote to Marwan: Neither you nor Usayd are to pass judgment over me in the affairs I govern; rather, I pass judgment over you both, so carry out what I have ordered you. Marwan sent Mu'awiyah's (may Allah be pleased with him) letter to him, and he said: By Allah! I will never judge according to it. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it.