Is the claim over lost property (Luqatah) or abandoned infants (Laqit) established by mere precedence?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Reviving Dead Land

Book 26 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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The right to lost property (Luqatah) and abandoned infants (Laqit) is established by the precedence of the one who finds them, classifying them among the permissible resources that belong to the first claimant who takes possession.