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Does the Prophet's (PBUH) saying regarding lost camels: "It is to be kept secret, its indemnity is due, and the like of it with it," apply to all types of property, or is it specific to camels only?

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The Hanbalis held the view that the fine should be doubled for anyone who steals something not kept in a protective enclosure (ghair hirz). They differed on whether this ruling applies to everything stolen from a non-protective enclosure or is restricted to fruits, palm pollen, and livestock. Some preferred the generality of this ruling. Scholars have mentioned a jurisprudential principle related to this ruling: whoever is exempted from punishment, despite the existence of its cause, due to an impediment, will have their financial liability (ghurm) doubled.

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