The ruling on picking up a lost item if there is fear for it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it obligatory to take a lost item if there is fear for it? Is it obligatory to pick it up?
Answer:
If there is no fear for it, and you are trustworthy with it, if you trust yourself to be responsible for it and fulfill its obligation until you find its owner, then take it. Otherwise, leave it for someone else to take. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it obligatory to take a lost item if there is fear for it? Is it obligatory to pick it up?
Answer:
If there is no fear for it, and you are trustworthy with it, if you trust yourself to be responsible for it and fulfill its obligation until you find its owner, then take it. Otherwise, leave it for someone else to take. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (55:26)
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