If one finds money and identifies its owner, is he entitled to ask the owner for something in return for finding it for him?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If one finds money, identifies its owner, and hands the money over to him, is the finder entitled to ask the owner for something in return for finding it for him?
Answer:
It is better if he does not ask. He should consider this a means of drawing near to Allah and a trust he is fulfilling for its owner. This is better: that he does not ask. And if he does ask, there is nothing wrong with it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If one finds money, identifies its owner, and hands the money over to him, is the finder entitled to ask the owner for something in return for finding it for him?
Answer:
It is better if he does not ask. He should consider this a means of drawing near to Allah and a trust he is fulfilling for its owner. This is better: that he does not ask. And if he does ask, there is nothing wrong with it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [684 -939] هل من وجد مالا واهتدى لصاحبه؛ هل يحق له أن يطلب من صاحب المال شيئا لقاء إيجاده له؟ — youtube.com
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