How is valuation determined if the finder and the owner disagree on the value or equivalent of the lost property?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Lost-and-Found Property

Book 29 · Issue 6 · Bab 1

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If there is a disagreement between the finder and the owner regarding the value or the equivalent of the property, the statement of the finder is accepted if he takes an oath, because the default is the acquittal of his liability concerning what he swore against.