What is the ruling on one who finds two lost goats, announces them for a week, then sells them and gives their price in charity?

The questioner : ... A person asked me about finding two goats.

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : A goat.

The Shaykh : Two goats.

The questioner : Two female goats, two goats.

The Shaykh : Where did he find them?

The questioner : He found them at the door of the house, so he asked the people, he asked a scholar, and no one claimed them. He went and sold them and gave their price in charity; is this permissible for him? I mean, he announced them for approximately only one week?

The Shaykh : This is not called a lost item; it is left until the animal returns to its owner and its home. Since he has already done so, then if the owner of the two goats is identified, he must provide compensation, and the charity is recorded for the finder. He, the owner, must compensate.
Today, what is one asking me? The imam of a mosque wants to raise rabbits in the mosque house.

Another questioner : Inside the mosque courtyard.

The Shaykh : Is that permissible for him? I told him: The answer contains some detail, and its summary is: if the house is separate from the mosque, he may do so; but if the house is part of the mosque, he may not. He said: It appears to him that he should raise them. He said: By Allah, the house is separate from the mosque. I said to him: Fine; and where is the entrance from? From the mosque or not? He said: From the mosque. We told him: It is not permissible.

Another questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : The questioner is the imam of a mosque, and I felt that he was the one asking, but it is possible that he was asked and found the answer difficult, so he asked.