Hanging Lost Keys on the Mosque Pillar
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade announcing the loss of an item in the mosque. Is it permissible to hang such lost items, for example keys, on the mosque pillar, or is this considered a means of circumventing the ruling?
Answer:
It is handed over to the mosque caretaker. What is hung is handed over to the mosque caretaker, because the one who loses something wants to go to the mosque caretaker. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade announcing the loss of an item in the mosque. Is it permissible to hang such lost items, for example keys, on the mosque pillar, or is this considered a means of circumventing the ruling?
Answer:
It is handed over to the mosque caretaker. What is hung is handed over to the mosque caretaker, because the one who loses something wants to go to the mosque caretaker. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من : الوجه الثامن : أن النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال : إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرىء ما نوى — islamhouse.com (1:02:13)
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