Is it permissible to take up lost property? And is there a limit to the smallness of the amount of lost property that is permissible to take?
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The questioner : A man finds a sum of money, half a dinar or a dinar or so, a simple amount; how should he deal with it?
The Shaykh : He finds it as lost property, meaning?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : If it is a small amount and he is poor, let him eat it with ease and comfort; otherwise, he should give it in charity to a poor person.
The questioner : The limit of the... small amount, Shaykh Nasser, what is it?
The Shaykh : There is none; this depends on custom.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
Another questioner : My Shaykh, peace be upon you, I go with Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Yamani.
The Shaykh : He finds it as lost property, meaning?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : If it is a small amount and he is poor, let him eat it with ease and comfort; otherwise, he should give it in charity to a poor person.
The questioner : The limit of the... small amount, Shaykh Nasser, what is it?
The Shaykh : There is none; this depends on custom.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
Another questioner : My Shaykh, peace be upon you, I go with Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Yamani.
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