The ruling on taking up lost property in Makkah after announcing it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: During the Hajj season, my father was with a group, and they stayed in al-Aziziyah. My father found a sum of money, and he asked all the people staying in the group, but he did not find its owner. So he took it, and he told the person in charge of the group to call him if anyone asked about it. He says: Is this action prescribed?
Answer:
No, lost property in Makkah is not permissible for anyone to take unless it is a person who has lost something, and it is not permissible for him to take it if a year has passed and its owner has not come. It is never permissible for him because its lost property is in the Haram, so he should leave it with the authorized offices for lost items. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: During the Hajj season, my father was with a group, and they stayed in al-Aziziyah. My father found a sum of money, and he asked all the people staying in the group, but he did not find its owner. So he took it, and he told the person in charge of the group to call him if anyone asked about it. He says: Is this action prescribed?
Answer:
No, lost property in Makkah is not permissible for anyone to take unless it is a person who has lost something, and it is not permissible for him to take it if a year has passed and its owner has not come. It is never permissible for him because its lost property is in the Haram, so he should leave it with the authorized offices for lost items. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-06-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (44:55)
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