regarding the ruling on lost property: If a person picks it up and, after searching for its owner, no one appears, is it forbidden or not? Please inform us of the solution or its absence, may Allah guide you.
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The questioner : Regarding the ruling on lost property: If a person picks it up, and naturally, after searching for its owner, no one appears, is it forbidden or not? Please inform us of the solution or its absence, may Allah guide you?
The Shaykh : If the one who picked up this lost property, which is lost wealth, picked it up with the intention that he would describe it and seek to return it to its owner, and he described it for a year and its owner did not come, then it becomes lawful for him, entering into his ownership, and he may dispose of it as he wishes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes. And as for if its owner comes during the year or after it and describes it in a way that matches it, then it is obligatory for him to hand it over to him.
The Shaykh : If the one who picked up this lost property, which is lost wealth, picked it up with the intention that he would describe it and seek to return it to its owner, and he described it for a year and its owner did not come, then it becomes lawful for him, entering into his ownership, and he may dispose of it as he wishes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes. And as for if its owner comes during the year or after it and describes it in a way that matches it, then it is obligatory for him to hand it over to him.