[Machine] Imam Shafi'i said: I give fatwa to the person who knows the value, quality, quantity, weight, and verifies that he did not abandon any falsehood that should be given to him, nor should he be forced to make a judgment except with clear evidence based on it, just as the rights are established. Then he went on to say that the Prophet ﷺ said: Know its value and quality, and Allah knows best how to fulfill its value and quality along with what is fulfilled from it, and he should know when he puts it in his property that it is the found item without his property. It is possible that he relied on the truthfulness of the confessor, and this is the most obvious. The saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is that the burden of proof is on the claimant, so this is a claimant. Have you ever thought that if ten or more people described it accurately and they all got it right, should we give it to them, will they be partners in it? Even if they were a thousand or two thousand, and we know that they are all liars except one, without a doubt, and maybe that one could be a liar who does not deserve anyone with this attribute.  

قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ أُفْتِي الْمُلْتَقِطَ إِذَا عَرَفَ الْعِفَاصَ وَالْوِكَاءَ وَالْعَدَدَ وَالْوَزْنَ وَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَدَعْ بَاطِلًا أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ وَلَا أُجْبِرُهُ فِي الْحُكْمِ إِلَّا بِبَيِّنَةٍ تَقُومُ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا تَقُومُ عَلَى الْحُقُوقِ ثُمَّ سَاقَ الْكَلَامَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَإِنَّمَا قَوْلُهُ ﷺ اعْرِفْ عِفَاصَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ أَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ عِفَاصَهَا وَوِكَاءَهَا مَعَ مَا يُؤَدِّي مِنْهَا وَلِيعْلَمَ إِذَا وَضَعَهَا فِي مَالِهِ أَنَّهَا اللُّقَطَةُ دُونَ مَالِهِ وَقَدْ يُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ اسْتَدَلَّ عَلَى صِدْقِ الْمُعْتَرِفِ وَهَذَا الْأَظَهَرُ إِنَّمَا قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيِّنَةُ عَلَى الْمُدَّعِي فَهَذَا مُدَّعِي أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ عَشَرَةً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ وَصَفُوهَا كُلُّهُمْ فَأَصَابُوا صِفَتَهَا أَلَنَا أَنْ نُعْطِيَهُمْ إِيَّاهَا يَكُونُونَ شُرَكَاءَ فِيهَا وَلَوْ كَانُوا أَلْفًا أَوْ أَلْفَيْنِ وَنَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ كُلَّهُمْ كَاذِبٌ إِلَّا وَاحِدًا بِغَيْرِ عَيْنِهِ وَلَعَلَّ الْوَاحِدَ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَاذِبًا لَيْسَ يَسْتَحِقُّ أَحَدٌ بِالصِّفَةِ شَيْئًا