The ruling on one who returns a lost item for which a reward was offered, when the owner of the lost item has disclaimed it and is not seeking it

The questioner : Yes. If the hungry person says. If he says. The evil remains. Khalid. Positive. He was hungry. The one who offered a reward for the lost item, then disclaimed it, and a man returned it, does he deserve the reward?

The Shaykh : Well, what is the fault of the one who returned it? Even if he returned it, for example, in a poor condition such that the owner, when he offered the reward, thought it was in the same state as when he lost it, but he returned it in a poor condition, he does not say, "By Allah, I offered the reward thinking it was in its original state, but now it has become thin." We say, no, you offered a reward for a task, and this man has performed it. If you wish, you can specify it by saying, "Whoever returns my lost item in its original condition gets such-and-such," just as you specify the place by saying, "Whoever returns my lost item from such-and-such place," and you specify the time by saying, "Whoever returns my lost item within four days." Specify it, yes.