Is it permissible for the one who keeps a lost item to ask its owner for a fee as a price?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for the one who keeps a lost item to ask its owner for a fee as a price?
The Shaykh:
No, no, he does not ask him for anything.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One who finds money in a hall.
The Shaykh:
And they call it a "safekeeping fee" among people; they call it a safekeeping fee. "Give us a safekeeping fee." This is not permissible. If the one in charge of it gives you something of his own accord, there is no harm. But if you ask him for something or compel him to give something, that is not permissible.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for the one who keeps a lost item to ask its owner for a fee as a price?
The Shaykh:
No, no, he does not ask him for anything.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One who finds money in a hall.
The Shaykh:
And they call it a "safekeeping fee" among people; they call it a safekeeping fee. "Give us a safekeeping fee." This is not permissible. If the one in charge of it gives you something of his own accord, there is no harm. But if you ask him for something or compel him to give something, that is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1865 -3022] هل يجوز للمحتفظ باللقطة أن يطلب من صاحبها جعلاً ثمناً؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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