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Is a small amount of money like 50 cents found on the floor permissible to spend?

Published as Using a lost item found on the floor

· 14 Rajab 1440 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is a small amount of money like 50 cents found on the floor permissible to spend?

Answer

This is regarded as a luqtah item (a lost item). The sharee ruling in regard to a lost item is that one should look for the owner and give the lost item (money) to him. If one does not succeed in finding the owner, then one should give the item in charity to a poor person on behalf of the owner.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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