Is it permissible to take unclaimed goods left at customs, which their owners have not claimed, for personal use or to give to the needy, knowing that their fate would be the trash?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
If it is possible to contact the owner of the goods, then this must be done. Otherwise, it is forbidden to destroy or discard them because they are property. They must be preserved and spent on charitable causes and for the general welfare of Muslims or for the poor and needy, because withholding them without knowing their owner is like destroying them.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
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