Is it obligatory for the owner of lost gold to give the person who found it a specific amount?
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The questioner : And I want to give it to its owners!
The Shaykh : One, what?
The questioner : He found gold.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Was there a person who lost gold and another person who found it?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The one who found it wants to return it to its owner, and the owner wants to give him something in return. How much is permissible for him to give him? That is the question!
The Shaykh : So, a person found a lost item, and then he identified its owner?
The questioner : He kept looking for its owner.
The Shaykh : Until he found him.
The questioner : Four months, when he found him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is said that the owner must give him a portion of it, or honor him, or Allah knows best. I am not asking for my own opinion; I am coming to ask about the fatwa! I am not coming to talk about...
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, but we are trying to clarify.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did he find the owner?
The questioner : He found its owner.
The Shaykh : He found it?
The questioner : Yes, he found it.
The Shaykh : Well, if he is pleased with something, he may give it to him, and it is lawful.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But if he is not pleased, the finder has no right.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : One, what?
The questioner : He found gold.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Was there a person who lost gold and another person who found it?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The one who found it wants to return it to its owner, and the owner wants to give him something in return. How much is permissible for him to give him? That is the question!
The Shaykh : So, a person found a lost item, and then he identified its owner?
The questioner : He kept looking for its owner.
The Shaykh : Until he found him.
The questioner : Four months, when he found him.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is said that the owner must give him a portion of it, or honor him, or Allah knows best. I am not asking for my own opinion; I am coming to ask about the fatwa! I am not coming to talk about...
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, but we are trying to clarify.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did he find the owner?
The questioner : He found its owner.
The Shaykh : He found it?
The questioner : Yes, he found it.
The Shaykh : Well, if he is pleased with something, he may give it to him, and it is lawful.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But if he is not pleased, the finder has no right.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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