What is the ruling regarding the cost of custody according to Malik?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Lost-and-Found Property

Book 29 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

Imam Malik ruled that if the finder gives a portion of the found item to the person who defines or announces it (or guards it), the finder incurs no liability (no charge against them), similar to if they gave a portion of it to someone who guarded it.