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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If a house is burgled while the guard is absent, is he liable?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I have a guard in the house, and then something is stolen from the house in my absence, he says: If I have a right, or in your absence?

Answer:
In my absence, in the absence of the owner of the house. What is the use of the guard? It becomes so that it is stolen. Yes, this is from the guard; this is negligence on the part of the guard, so the guard is liable. Yes. He says: Do I have the right to demand the stolen item from him? Yes, if it is stolen in the absence of the guard, and he left the place and went away, and it was stolen, he is liable because he was negligent. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1292 -2802] إذا سرق البيت أثناء غياب الحارس، هل يضمن؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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