Sufficing with newspaper announcements to identify lost property
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it sufficient to identify lost property by announcing it in one of the newspapers only once a year?
Answer:
No, this announcement in the newspapers is not sufficient. Not everyone reads the newspapers, and the newspapers do not reach everyone. It must be called out for in the congregational mosques and gatherings of people. Announcing it in the newspapers is not sufficient. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it sufficient to identify lost property by announcing it in one of the newspapers only once a year?
Answer:
No, this announcement in the newspapers is not sufficient. Not everyone reads the newspapers, and the newspapers do not reach everyone. It must be called out for in the congregational mosques and gatherings of people. Announcing it in the newspapers is not sufficient. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-06-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (46:30)
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