Issue No. 2204- If a person finds a property and picks it up under the impression that it is his own property, but realizes later that it is not his, he cannot leave it there. In fact, he should act according to the foregoing ruling and make an announcement for a year. And if he moves it with his foot, it does not have the aforesaid ruling, though doing such is problematic.
Issue No. 2205- The announcement for the lost thing should be made in such a way that its signs do not become clear, and if a person comes forward and claims that it is his property and also mentions certain signs of identification by which he may become sure that it belongs to him, it should be given to him. However, it is not necessary to mention the signs of which mostly even the owners do not take notice.
Issue No. 2206- If the value of a property one finds is one dirham or more, and if he does not make an announcement about it, but leaves it in the mosque or at places of public gathering, and it perishes or somebody picks it up, the person who found it first will be responsible.
Issue No. 2207- If a person finds something which decays if left as it is, like most foods and fruits, he should keep it as long as it does not decay, then he should appraise it and consume it himself or sell it and keep the money with him. And if its owner is not found, he should give it as alms on his behalf, and if he has access to a Mujtahid, he should, as a recommended precaution, get his permission.
Issue No. 2208- If the thing one has found is with him at the time of performing wuḍū and offering prayer, there is no harm in it if his intention is to look after it in this way so that he could act about it in accordance with sharia (Islamic law).
Issue No. 2209- If a pair of shoes of a person is taken away and is replaced by another pair and the person who has lost his shoes knows that the shoes left behind belong to the person who has taken his shoes and this has been done intentionally and he has no access to that person, he can take the shoes left behind for himself, and if he has access to the Mujtahid or his representative, he should get his permission. And in case the value of the shoes left behind is more than that of his own shoes, he should give the price difference to the owner of the shoes, and if he has no hope of finding that person, he should give it as ṣadaqa on his behalf. However, if he is certain or considers it probable that the shoes left do not belong to the person who has taken his shoes, in case he has no hope in finding the owner, he should give the shoes as ṣadaqa.
Issue No. 2210- If one places the property he has found which is worth less than one dirham in the mosque or some other place and relinquishes its possession, if another person picks it up, it will be halal for him.
Issue No. 2211- In cases that a lost property is given as ṣadaqa on behalf of its owner, it can be given to a sayyid or a non-sayyid, and in case the finder himself is needy he can keep it for himself.
Issue No. 2212- If a halal meat animal is slaughtered in the manner which will be described later, irrespective of whether it is a wild animal or a domestic one, its meat becomes halal to eat. However, the meat of an animal which is penetrated by a human being, and even the meat of its baby is haram. Similarly, the meat of a faeces-eating animal is haram except for when it is fed with ṭāhir food in accordance with the rules prescribed in sharia and becomes ṭāhir.
Issue No. 2212- If a halal meat animal is slaughtered in the manner which will be described later, irrespective of whether it is a wild animal or a domestic one, its meat becomes halal to eat. However, the meat of an animal which is penetrated by a human being, and even the meat of its baby is haram. Similarly, the meat of a faeces-eating animal is haram except for when it is fed with ṭāhir food in accordance with the rules prescribed in sharia and becomes ṭāhir.
Issue No. 2213- If a wild animal like deer, wild goat and partridge, etc. whose meat is halal to eat and a domestic halal-meat animal which became wild later (e.g., a cow or a camel which runs away and becomes wild) is hunted with some weapons in accordance with the order which will be mentioned later, it is halal. However, a domestic halal-meat animal or a tamed wild animal whose meat is halal to eat does not become halal by hunting.
Issue No. 2214- A wild halal-meat animal becomes halal to eat by hunting if it is capable of escaping or flying away. Hence, the young of a deer or a partridge which cannot escape, will not become halal by hunting.
