Question # 126502: It is permissible to take lost property in the Haram
if it is small
Question:
I found some lost property in the Haram in Makkah, approximately ten to fifteen
riyals. What is the ruling on that?.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Insignificant lost property has no value; if one announces it, there is nothing
wrong with that, and if one consumes it, there is nothing wrong with that, and
if one gives it in charity, there is nothing wrong with that, because it is
insignificant and may not be worth announcing it. Ten, twenty or thirty riyals
and so on, nowadays such lost property is not important, so if you give it in
charity on behalf of its owner, there is nothing wrong with it, and if you use
it there is nothing wrong with it, and if you leave it there is nothing wrong
with it. End quote.
Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz (19/411)
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