The Treasure of the Pre-Islamic Age: If Its Owner Converts to Islam, Whose Is It?
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The questioner : The treasure, O Shaykh, if a person... for the tomb, and its owner had converted to Islam.
The Shaykh : Do you mean its owner is known?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, if its owner is known, it belongs to him, unless the owner is a hostile disbeliever.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, but if he has converted to Islam, it belongs to him.
The questioner : And if he is a disbeliever?
The Shaykh : If he is a hostile disbeliever, it does not belong to him.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because, if he has a treaty, it belongs to him, yes?
The Shaykh : Do you mean its owner is known?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, if its owner is known, it belongs to him, unless the owner is a hostile disbeliever.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, but if he has converted to Islam, it belongs to him.
The questioner : And if he is a disbeliever?
The Shaykh : If he is a hostile disbeliever, it does not belong to him.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because, if he has a treaty, it belongs to him, yes?