How to Dispose of a Pledge if Its Owner Does Not Come

The question: He also says in his letter, the brother Jaamil 'Abd al-Wahhab from Yemen: I have a shop, and some customers came and took something from me, leaving a watch with me as a pledge for a limited time. The time came and he did not come to me, so I needed the watch and wore it. Is there any sin on me for that or not?
The answer: It is obligatory for you to be patient until the owner of the watch comes and gives you your right. If that is difficult for you and you are not satisfied with patience, then you sell it in a public auction. You sell it in the market for the highest price it is worth, then you take your right and preserve the remainder for its owner. You preserve the remainder for its owner. If he comes one day, you give him his right. If time passes and you do not know him and you are unable to send his right to him, you give it in charity to some of the poor with the intention on behalf of its owner. This is the Shari'ah way in this matter. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.