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Being unable to find the owner of a borrowed item

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Q: I went to Nizaamuddeen markaz to attend a mashwara. One brother gave me a pen to me to write. After sometime I forgot to give the pen to that brother [even his face also I don’t remember now]. Give me a solution, what must I do?

Bismillaah

A: Try your best to locate the person. If you cannot then you may give the pen to some poor deserving person.

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

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.