How does one repent for taking or destroying another person's money?
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Question:
This is a woman asking. She says: Shaykh, I was divorced several years ago. There was a dispute between me and the second wife, and I took some gold jewelry from her and threw it away with the intention of harming her. What should I do? And how do I repent?
Answer:
Two things are obligatory. First, repenting to Allah the Exalted and Majestic for this action, which caused harm to the Muslim woman. The second thing, which is important, is that if the goldsmiths she mentions, or the gold she mentions, are still in her possession, she must return them to her and apologize to her. If they have been lost, spent, or gone missing, she must compensate her with the equivalent or its current value to clear her conscience. Yes.
This is a woman asking. She says: Shaykh, I was divorced several years ago. There was a dispute between me and the second wife, and I took some gold jewelry from her and threw it away with the intention of harming her. What should I do? And how do I repent?
Answer:
Two things are obligatory. First, repenting to Allah the Exalted and Majestic for this action, which caused harm to the Muslim woman. The second thing, which is important, is that if the goldsmiths she mentions, or the gold she mentions, are still in her possession, she must return them to her and apologize to her. If they have been lost, spent, or gone missing, she must compensate her with the equivalent or its current value to clear her conscience. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف تكون توبة من أخذ مال غيره أو أتلفه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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