SMARTPHONE APPLICATION FOR MANAGING MISSED AND FOUND BELONGINGS

Nowadays, due to our everyday stress and current stressful lifestyle, the loss of items appears a frequent issue and may be very inconvenient. In this regard, until the IoT becomes part of everyday life, we can use the software as an efficient tool to assist a person's searching, verifying, and finding lost belongings. This paper presents an Android-based application that we proposed and implemented to help users find lost items. Utilizing this software will enable the subscriber to record his request to the relevant authority. In addition, a special section offers to insert a contact telephone number or email to communicate between the person who found the item and the person who lost it. During testing, among other services, the platform showed its capabilities to register and log users, releasing a lot of information of lost items and automatically forwarding lost-and-found notifications. The paper can be useful for those who deal with the application of information technology.

THE UNDERSTANDING OF RULING AND MANAGEMENT OF LUQATAH (LOST PROPERTY) AMONG USIM STUDENTS

Luqatah (lost and found) is a property such as cash money, jewelleries, accessories, etc found in a place which is not owned by anyone, not guarded and the person who found it does not know the owner. Luqathah is one of the issues that are often found in daily life. This, most likely due to negligence on the side of the property’s owner. This study was conducted to find out the extent of understanding and awareness of USIM’s students on the concept of luqatah, especially when they find the dropped items and what they should do. This study used qualitative methods as well as quantitative one that aim to explain the object of study, based on direct observation, experience that aims to produce figures and measurable. The study found that hukum of returning dropped items in Islam is strongly recommended and required to take good care of them. Only 48.3 percent out of 118 respondents were knowledgeable about the meaning of luqatah. 44.1 percent out of 118 respondents will find out the owner of luqatah properties if they found them dropped. 74.6 percent out of 118 respondents were not well known how to manage the luqatah property.