The Ruling on Taking a Lost Mobile Phone
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Question:
Salih al-Tayyib Rihal from Sudan says: A young man found a mobile phone of a modern type lying there, with no SIM card in it and nothing indicating its owner. Is it permissible for him to take it and possess it? And what should he do with it?
Answer:
He should not take it or possess it. Rather, he should take it in order to call out for it so that its owner may come, or to place an advertisement about it. If he takes it for the purpose of preserving it and returning it to its owner, there is no harm in that; in fact, he will be rewarded for doing so. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Salih al-Tayyib Rihal from Sudan says: A young man found a mobile phone of a modern type lying there, with no SIM card in it and nothing indicating its owner. Is it permissible for him to take it and possess it? And what should he do with it?
Answer:
He should not take it or possess it. Rather, he should take it in order to call out for it so that its owner may come, or to place an advertisement about it. If he takes it for the purpose of preserving it and returning it to its owner, there is no harm in that; in fact, he will be rewarded for doing so. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7489 — youtube.com (14:47)
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