Islamic Fiqh > Endowments (waqf) and property > Luqata: the lost item found > Stray animals and inanimate objects
Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
This third and final part of the chapter on the luqata (lost-and-found property) completes the discussion of the characteristics of the endangered animal, then covers picking up other animals (camels, cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, birds), spending on the found animal, inanimate objects, the mount left in a place of ruin, and trading in the luqata. The positions of the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali schools are set against each other, with classical references and hadith authentication.