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layout: post
title: "Ruling on returning a Christian's lost object and saving them from drowning"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA, Fatwa no. 11142, Question 3"
category: [fatwas,walabara]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 6, 1441
lang: en
locale: en
note: true
excerpt: "It is obligatory on a Muslim to return the lost property of a disbeliever who is under Islamic protection if he finds it."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman:
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq Al-Afifi
      url: /biography/afifi/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
---

### Question: 

Is it permissible for a Muslim to return lost property he finds which belongs to a disbeliever? Is it permissible for a Muslim to save a drowning disbeliever? Is it considered love of disbelievers to do so? May Allah reward you!

### Answer:

First: It is obligatory on a Muslim to return the lost property of a disbeliever who is under Islamic protection if he finds it.

Second: It is permissible for a Muslim to save a drowning non-Harby (non-fighting against Muslims). It is part of dealing kindly with disbelievers to attempt to incline their hearts towards Islam. However, it does not fall under prohibited love of disbelievers.