ibn Khālid al-Juhanī, who reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “If the owner comes and can identify its container, its quantity, and its tying cord, then give it to him.”

The four leading Imams concur that it must not be handed over unless he can describe both the container and the tying cord, for the article is a trust in the finder’s possession and may be surrendered only to the one who proves that he is its rightful owner.