Is the act of a person who found clothes in the street, took them, and distributed them to others, considered wrong? And do those who took those clothes incur sin, knowing that they were found items? And how should one who took clothes from the street act?
If those clothes are of little value and the owner does not care for them, then there is no blame on the one who finds them or benefits from them. However, if they are valuable and the owner does care for them, then they must be announced for a full year. If the owner does not come forward after the year, then it is permissible to benefit from them. If the finder does not announce a valuable lost item, then what he did is not permissible, and he is obligated to guarantee it. And it is not permissible for the one who benefited from it to do so, and they are also obligated to guarantee it.
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