Comparing theft and breach of trust
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Question:
The questioner asks: Which is more severe, theft or breach of trust? And if it is not of this kind, do we take it?
Answer:
Both, both are evil: theft and breach of trust. Breach of trust is theft if one intentionally schemes to take people's money, which was entrusted to him as a deposit, in order to exhaust it and deny it. This is theft. A woman in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to borrow items and then deny them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her hand to be cut off; he ordered it to be cut off, because this is theft under the cover of a deposit or the cover of a loan. Yes.
The questioner asks: Which is more severe, theft or breach of trust? And if it is not of this kind, do we take it?
Answer:
Both, both are evil: theft and breach of trust. Breach of trust is theft if one intentionally schemes to take people's money, which was entrusted to him as a deposit, in order to exhaust it and deny it. This is theft. A woman in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to borrow items and then deny them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her hand to be cut off; he ordered it to be cut off, because this is theft under the cover of a deposit or the cover of a loan. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 10 من 25|دروس التفسير في الحرم المكي|تفسير سورة النساء|058-064|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:49)
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