Buying a lost item from the one who found it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for me to buy a lost item from someone who found it, given that I do not know whether he fulfilled its rulings and announced it? He says he found a mobile phone a year ago. Is it permissible for me to buy it from him?
Answer:
No, do not buy it from him, because he does not own it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for me to buy a lost item from someone who found it, given that I do not know whether he fulfilled its rulings and announced it? He says he found a mobile phone a year ago. Is it permissible for me to buy it from him?
Answer:
No, do not buy it from him, because he does not own it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-06-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (47:37)
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