Is it permissible to take shoes found in the school two days after they were left, if their owner has not come to claim them?
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The aforementioned shoe is considered a lost item (Luqatah), and it is not permissible to take it except with the intention of publicizing it (identifying its owner). So, whoever picks it up intending to own it without publicizing it has committed something forbidden, and it is not lawful for him to take it with this intention. He is obligated to guarantee it, whether it perishes due to negligence or otherwise, and he does not own it even if he publicizes it; because he took someone else's property in a manner that was not permissible for him to take it, thus resembling a usurper.
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