The Book of Strayed Animals, Lost Property, and Foundlings

Question: If a man finds a sheep in a village whose people have fled out of fear of war, and he thinks that its owners have turned it loose, renounced it, and left it, and that if he does not...

Question: A man picked up a gold bracelet and sold it to his companion who was with him when he picked it up. After a long time, the buyer wanted to clear his liability, but he had already sold the...

Question: A man saw some furnishings blown by the wind from the rooftop of one of the houses, so he ordered one of his workers to take them, and the worker took them. What is the ruling? And how does...

Question: What is the ruling concerning what a flood mixes together and drags away from a market to a distant place, such that one person’s property is no longer distinguishable from another’s, in addition to the fact that the people...

Question: If a child picks up lost property, what is the ruling? And what is required?

Question: If a man comes to the finder of lost property and claims that the item is his, and the finder asks him about its distinguishing signs and marks, and he describes it exactly as it is – does the...

Question: Is a person who picks up a banknote required to announce it? And how is that to be done?

Question: If a man sees some money in Makkah or in Minā, is it permissible for him to pick it up?