If a lost sheep enters my flock and stays with me for more than a year, how should I deal with it?
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The questioner:
If a lost sheep, lamb, or goat enters my flock and stays with me for more than a year, how should I deal with it? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for you to call out for these lost animals. You must call out for them for a period of one year. In the meantime, you should search for them, looking for anyone who knows them, whether from their owners or others. That is, you call out for them so that people who know them can identify them, in public gatherings, at the doors of the mosques on Friday outside the mosque, calling out for them weekly, monthly, and as much as possible.
If a year passes and no one comes forward for it, then it becomes yours. If its owner comes later and recognizes it, you must return it to him if it is still there, or pay him its value if you have disposed of it. If he does not come after the year has passed and his absence continues, then it is yours. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
Good, and may Allah reward you. It seems he is from the Bedouin, not from the people of the Friday prayer, Shaykh. So perhaps there is another direction?
The Shaykh:
He should call out in the places where it is expected that its owners might be, whether in the desert or in the towns.
If a lost sheep, lamb, or goat enters my flock and stays with me for more than a year, how should I deal with it? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for you to call out for these lost animals. You must call out for them for a period of one year. In the meantime, you should search for them, looking for anyone who knows them, whether from their owners or others. That is, you call out for them so that people who know them can identify them, in public gatherings, at the doors of the mosques on Friday outside the mosque, calling out for them weekly, monthly, and as much as possible.
If a year passes and no one comes forward for it, then it becomes yours. If its owner comes later and recognizes it, you must return it to him if it is still there, or pay him its value if you have disposed of it. If he does not come after the year has passed and his absence continues, then it is yours. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
Good, and may Allah reward you. It seems he is from the Bedouin, not from the people of the Friday prayer, Shaykh. So perhaps there is another direction?
The Shaykh:
He should call out in the places where it is expected that its owners might be, whether in the desert or in the towns.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا دخل بين غنمي شاة تائهة وبقيت معي أكثر من سنة فكيف أتصرف فيها؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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