If lost camels are in danger of road accidents, should they be picked up?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, regarding lost camels, there is a fear for them from car accidents on the roads, ...
The Shaykh : You say "victims" or ... I only know a victim as one who is slaughtered as an offering to Allah the Exalted during the festival of sacrifice.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Because people use this word a lot nowadays, yes, what are "victims"?! When people die in accidents, they are called "victims"! Yes.
The questioner : ...these lost ones, meaning they have no shepherd...
The Shaykh : In reality, they do have a shepherd, but if an accident happens, everyone disowns everyone else, even their owner disowns them because he is liable for compensation. Therefore, there are camels nowadays that cause accidents, as I said, and it is known and their brand indicates they belong to the family of so-and-so. Then you ask the entire tribe that this brand belongs to, and they say, "No, they are not ours, we do not know them. Perhaps one of us sold them to someone, and we do not know who it is."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : By Allah, avoiding accidents, may Allah reward you, from this is that a person should not speed, at night, he should not speed, or at curves, or in low areas, or in high areas. The mistake is sometimes in the vehicle, not just the camel.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Correct, perhaps their color is close to the color of the ground, or the color of the line, but if Allah wills something, no one can prevent it. But even if he takes it now, how does he know its owner? Perhaps he cannot.
The questioner : Even if it is, if...
The Shaykh : Or perhaps we say if the camels are around a traveled road, and many people travel it, it might be said that keeping them is better, but if he is able to take them and deliver them to the public treasury.
The student: They are delivered to the public treasury.
The Shaykh : Yes, and if they are delivered to the public treasury, there is no problem, yes.
The Shaykh : You say "victims" or ... I only know a victim as one who is slaughtered as an offering to Allah the Exalted during the festival of sacrifice.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Because people use this word a lot nowadays, yes, what are "victims"?! When people die in accidents, they are called "victims"! Yes.
The questioner : ...these lost ones, meaning they have no shepherd...
The Shaykh : In reality, they do have a shepherd, but if an accident happens, everyone disowns everyone else, even their owner disowns them because he is liable for compensation. Therefore, there are camels nowadays that cause accidents, as I said, and it is known and their brand indicates they belong to the family of so-and-so. Then you ask the entire tribe that this brand belongs to, and they say, "No, they are not ours, we do not know them. Perhaps one of us sold them to someone, and we do not know who it is."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : By Allah, avoiding accidents, may Allah reward you, from this is that a person should not speed, at night, he should not speed, or at curves, or in low areas, or in high areas. The mistake is sometimes in the vehicle, not just the camel.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Correct, perhaps their color is close to the color of the ground, or the color of the line, but if Allah wills something, no one can prevent it. But even if he takes it now, how does he know its owner? Perhaps he cannot.
The questioner : Even if it is, if...
The Shaykh : Or perhaps we say if the camels are around a traveled road, and many people travel it, it might be said that keeping them is better, but if he is able to take them and deliver them to the public treasury.
The student: They are delivered to the public treasury.
The Shaykh : Yes, and if they are delivered to the public treasury, there is no problem, yes.