Disposing of a lost mobile phone found in the city
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Question:
The questioner says: I found a mobile phone in the Prophet’s city while I was on my way there. I took the phone so that when its owner called, I would return it to him. However, I have already returned to Riyadh, and he has not called yet, and the phone is with me. What should I do with it?
Answer:
By Allah, you are in the wrong. When you take the phone, you should have left it in its place. If you do not call out for it and identify it in its place and around it, you are in the wrong to take it. Return it to the place where you found it, or send it to the place where you took it from. Yes.
The questioner says: I found a mobile phone in the Prophet’s city while I was on my way there. I took the phone so that when its owner called, I would return it to him. However, I have already returned to Riyadh, and he has not called yet, and the phone is with me. What should I do with it?
Answer:
By Allah, you are in the wrong. When you take the phone, you should have left it in its place. If you do not call out for it and identify it in its place and around it, you are in the wrong to take it. Return it to the place where you found it, or send it to the place where you took it from. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أعظم مكايده التي كاد بها أكثر الناس — islamhouse.com (1:12:22)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.