If the original owner claims the lost item from the second finder, who does the owner claim against?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Lost-and-Found Property

Book 29 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the original owner comes, he has the right to take the item from the second finder. The owner cannot hold the first finder liable because the first finder was not negligent.