What is the ruling on a child taking a prize found inside a bag of chips he bought?
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Question:
A child who is six years old says: I bought a bag of chips for one riyal, and I found inside this bag an amount of five hundred riyals placed as a prize. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
The ruling on this is that it is not permissible for him to keep it. He must return it to the shop owners. He must return the money to its owners, and he is entitled only to the chips he bought, while the amount is to be returned to its owners.
A child who is six years old says: I bought a bag of chips for one riyal, and I found inside this bag an amount of five hundred riyals placed as a prize. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
The ruling on this is that it is not permissible for him to keep it. He must return it to the shop owners. He must return the money to its owners, and he is entitled only to the chips he bought, while the amount is to be returned to its owners.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم أخذ الطفل للجائزة التي وجدها بداخل كيس بطاطس اشتراه؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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