What is the liability if the slave informs the master, and the master neither takes it nor announces it properly?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Lost-and-Found Property

Book 29 · Issue 9 · Bab 1

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If the slave informs his master and the master does not take it from him, or if the master takes it, announces it, and fulfills the trust during the first year without negligence on either party, there is no liability. If the slave fails to fulfill the trust (i.e., is negligent), liability is incurred, and this liability pertains jointly to the person of the slave and the financial responsibility of the master, because the negligence occurred from both parties.