A person found 500 in the Haram, took it, and distributed it to the poor inside the Haram. What is the ruling on his action?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person found five hundred Saudi riyals in the Haram. A person found five hundred Saudi riyals in the Haram, and took them out of ignorance, and proceeded to divide them among some of the poor people inside the Haram. What is the ruling on this action of his? And what is that?
Answer:
If it has no marks that distinguish it from other money, this is not lost property; it is lost wealth. Giving it in charity is good, and what he did is fine, because the money is either... If it has marks, then it is lost property. He knows it and keeps its marks. If someone comes to claim it and describes it by the marks present, he pays it to him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person found five hundred Saudi riyals in the Haram. A person found five hundred Saudi riyals in the Haram, and took them out of ignorance, and proceeded to divide them among some of the poor people inside the Haram. What is the ruling on this action of his? And what is that?
Answer:
If it has no marks that distinguish it from other money, this is not lost property; it is lost wealth. Giving it in charity is good, and what he did is fine, because the money is either... If it has marks, then it is lost property. He knows it and keeps its marks. If someone comes to claim it and describes it by the marks present, he pays it to him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4020- 4717] شخص وجد 500 في الحرم وأخذها ووزعها على الفقراء داخل الحرم فما حكم فعله؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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