The item of food that spoils with the passage of time: is it taken and benefited from?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if one finds valuable food that spoils with the passage of time, what is the ruling on taking this lost item and using it immediately without announcing it? What spoils, like vegetables and food, deteriorates; this is consumed.
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that, because it is lost, it is lost. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if one finds valuable food that spoils with the passage of time, what is the ruling on taking this lost item and using it immediately without announcing it? What spoils, like vegetables and food, deteriorates; this is consumed.
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that, because it is lost, it is lost. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1523 -2802] اللقطة من الطعام الذي يتلف بمرور الوقت، هل يؤخذ وينتفع به؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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