If Luggage Gets Swapped on a Journey, Wait a Year and Then Give It in Charity

Question

Four people were travelling in Delhi. When we unloaded our luggage, our attaché case got swapped. We discovered this when we reached our destination. Now what should we do with it? May we keep it in exchange for our own luggage? The attaché case that was left behind belonged to a poor, hapless student who is very poor. There are somewhat more belongings in it.

Answer

It is not known for certain whether your attaché case was taken by the person whose attaché case came to you, or whether someone else took it; nor is it known what belongings were in your attaché case. Now it is better that it be searched for over some period, and when the heart begins to testify that its trace will no longer be found, then give this attaché case away as…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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