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FINDING GOLD AND SELLING IT ALONGSIDE YOUR OWN GOLD

Question:

A woman found a piece of gold in the Sacred City of Makkah, she took it and added it to her gold and sold it all. Later, she regretted this, so what is incumbent upon her, may Allah reward you with goodness?

Answer:

She must give its value to the court along with a description of the gold, for it may be that its owner will come and ask the Comittee for Lost Property about it. If the time passed is considerable, then she should give it in charity on behalf of its owner with the (right) intention. Haply, that will be enough - if Allaah wills - along with her turning in repentance and seeking forgiveness. If occured recently, then she should give the sum to the Court and the Court will give it to the Committee.

Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah, volume 5 / page 30

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LOST PROPERTY IN THE SACRED PLACES

Question:

A person found a watch in the Sacred City of Makkah and it has been with him now for over four years. What is the solution regarding it? Should we return it to the Sacred City again, or give its value in charity to one of the poor, having established its worth with the watch sellers? May Allaah reward you with the greatest goodness.

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IN DEBT TO A PERSON WHO CANNOT BE FOUND

Question:

I used to work in Jordan before the year 1950 C.E. and I went on vacation to the Kingdom and purchased a wool cloak for my colleague, whose name was 'Ubaid Al-Mutairi for the some of fifteen Jordanian Dinars, on the understanding that I would pay him this sum after I return from my vacation. So I left, and when I returned from my vacation, I did not find my colleague from whom I had purchased the cloak from.

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WHAT SHOULD A PERSON DO, WHO FINDS LOST PROPERTY

Question:

A righteous man was travelling on the road and he found a sum of money but he did not find anyone to claim it, so he is asking what he should do with it?

Answer:

He must announce it in the public gathering places of the two nearest towns to the road on which he found the money and in other places where he thinks that he might find its owner among the residents.

If a year passes without him finding the owner, he may keep it, or he may hold it with him until he finds its owner, or he may give it in charity on behalf of its owner. If he found him after that, he should inform him of what he has done. If he approved of it being given in charity, in that case, there is not harm. If he objected to it, he must return it to him and the charity will be his, or if he spent it like the rest of his money, he must reimburse his owner once he becomes known to him.

Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts
Fatawa Islamiyah, volume 5 / page 25