Returning wrongs to their owners when it is not possible to do so
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, how do I return the wrongs to their owners when I am unable to return them? If I cannot return them, do I give charity with the intention that it is for those people?
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to return the wrongs to their owners before the Day of Resurrection, because if you do not pay them in this world on the Day of Resurrection, they will take from your good deeds and your works, as came in the hadith. You must hasten to return the wrongs to their owners as long as you are alive. If you are unable to return them because you do not know where they are, they have gone, and you do not know, and you have made the effort to deliver their right to them but were unable to, then give charity with the intention that the reward is for them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says: Honorable Shaykh, how do I return the wrongs to their owners when I am unable to return them? If I cannot return them, do I give charity with the intention that it is for those people?
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to return the wrongs to their owners before the Day of Resurrection, because if you do not pay them in this world on the Day of Resurrection, they will take from your good deeds and your works, as came in the hadith. You must hasten to return the wrongs to their owners as long as you are alive. If you are unable to return them because you do not know where they are, they have gone, and you do not know, and you have made the effort to deliver their right to them but were unable to, then give charity with the intention that the reward is for them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 25-12-1434هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (59:59)
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