The fee for advertising a lost item in the newspapers
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for someone who finds a large amount of money and wants to announce it through the newspapers to make the announcement and pay from the money he picked up?
Answer:
No, the fee for the announcement is on them, because he is the one who took the money, and he is the one required to bear the costs of the announcement. This is obligatory for them.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for someone who finds a large amount of money and wants to announce it through the newspapers to make the announcement and pay from the money he picked up?
Answer:
No, the fee for the announcement is on them, because he is the one who took the money, and he is the one required to bear the costs of the announcement. This is obligatory for them.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الهبة — islamhouse.com (1:07:07)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.