What is the ruling on a person saying: “Whoever returns my lost item will receive such and such an amount,” and when someone returns it, he refuses to give him the amount?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If a person says, “Whoever returns my lost item will receive such and such an amount,” and when a person returns it, he refuses to give him the amount.
Answer:
No, he is bound by it; he is bound by it, because he obligated himself to something, and what he requested and desired was fulfilled, so he is required to pay the reward.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If a person says, “Whoever returns my lost item will receive such and such an amount,” and when a person returns it, he refuses to give him the amount.
Answer:
No, he is bound by it; he is bound by it, because he obligated himself to something, and what he requested and desired was fulfilled, so he is required to pay the reward.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1847 -3022] ما حكم قول الشخص: من رد ضالتي فله مبلغ كذا وكذا وحينما ردها أحدهم رفض إعطاءه المبلغ؟ — youtube.com
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