The ruling on one who spends on a runaway slave until he delivers him to his master

The questioner : Yes, Salim. The slave, O Shaykh, if he is afraid, if a person comes who is afraid and knows someone who is present and knows his master, and a person greets him.

The Shaykh : What? He greeted him.

The questioner : The person helps the slave’s master. It is not his master’s replacement. This, O Shaykh, has become like a camel. All of this is a danger to the person; he does not guard against it except with our help. What will they say, O Shaykh? About the master or about the person?

The Shaykh : This returns to saving the property of the innocent from destruction. So if we know that this slave, for example, will kill himself, or go and throw himself into the sea, or go to his people in the abode of disbelief, then this is saving from destruction and it deserves reward, whether he is alone or with someone who helps him.