What is the criterion for announcing a lost item?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The announcement should be made for a duration that gives the mind peace of mind that the person from whom the watch fell is not among the students of this school.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Why are you unable to do so?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : All right; you are making the matter difficult, you are unable to do it; so what are you able to do?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Excuse me, is taking things from the ground considered forbidden?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No problem, we are speaking.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Now the speech has become mixed among you, I heard one of you saying that they get accustomedThe student : to the lost item; so my question was: Is this forbidden? The answer was no; so what is the prohibition that results if a student picks up a lost item and submits it to the administration, and it is announced about it? A week or two, depending on what the administration deems appropriate, and then when its owner does not come out; why is this watch not given to the one who picked it up, which is the Sharia ruling? What is the concern about that? ... It was said just now thatThe student : they get accustomed to the lost item, what is the prohibition in that?
The questioner : ... .
May Allah guide you ... this is a problem ... if one person stole it; is that good? And it was announced about it ...?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So what is left?
The announcement is the Sharia, and picking up is not contrary to the Sharia, so we do not address the Sharia by violating the Sharia, whoever picks up a lost item from the students orThe student : the administration responsible announces that we have a lost item, he is speaking now ... .
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The announcement should be made for a duration that gives the mind peace of mind that the person from whom the watch fell is not among the students of this school.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Why are you unable to do so?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : All right; you are making the matter difficult, you are unable to do it; so what are you able to do?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Excuse me, is taking things from the ground considered forbidden?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No problem, we are speaking.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Now the speech has become mixed among you, I heard one of you saying that they get accustomedThe student : to the lost item; so my question was: Is this forbidden? The answer was no; so what is the prohibition that results if a student picks up a lost item and submits it to the administration, and it is announced about it? A week or two, depending on what the administration deems appropriate, and then when its owner does not come out; why is this watch not given to the one who picked it up, which is the Sharia ruling? What is the concern about that? ... It was said just now thatThe student : they get accustomed to the lost item, what is the prohibition in that?
The questioner : ... .
May Allah guide you ... this is a problem ... if one person stole it; is that good? And it was announced about it ...?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So what is left?
The announcement is the Sharia, and picking up is not contrary to the Sharia, so we do not address the Sharia by violating the Sharia, whoever picks up a lost item from the students orThe student : the administration responsible announces that we have a lost item, he is speaking now ... .
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
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