Disposing of a pen found by someone who does not know its owner
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Question:
Likewise, one of the people who were absent from this lesson gave me a pen worth four riyals and gold, and I did not know whether he intended to verify the value of this pen.
Answer:
If you despair of finding its owner, sell it and give its price in charity, or give the pen to one of the poor children who is in need so he can write with it as charity, and the reward will be for its owner.
Likewise, one of the people who were absent from this lesson gave me a pen worth four riyals and gold, and I did not know whether he intended to verify the value of this pen.
Answer:
If you despair of finding its owner, sell it and give its price in charity, or give the pen to one of the poor children who is in need so he can write with it as charity, and the reward will be for its owner.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 27 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|البيوع|باب اللقطة|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:17:25)
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