To prove this view...

To prove this view, in addition to practical principle of exemption which results in non-obligation of collecting such children, it is emphasized that cooperation in pious deeds which is implied from the verse ﴾Cooperate in piety and God wariness, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression﴿ [^13] is desirable and not obligatory.[^14] To our opinion, there is no doubt that collecting such children and sheltering them is among the good and pious acts which have always been recommended, ﴾and We revealed to them the performance of good deeds﴿ [^15], doing this pious act sometimes become essential and obligatory, since failing to do so may endanger a child's life.

Thus, collecting the abandoned children and taking their custody is a desirable ( mustahab ) act, which will turn into an obligation when their lives are endangered.

This obligation can be communal or individual given the child's conditions.[^16] In any case, whether picking up and collecting such children is desirable or obligatory, the finder of the child ( multaqit ) is to do their best in safeguarding it in a decent way and fulfill their commitment toward that child either directly or indirectly through someone else, so long as they have not dispensed with their decision. Naturally, whenever in the meantime they failed to…