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My father received two money transfers by mistake from the bank twice. What should I do now with the excess amount after a long time has passed?

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Question:
I transferred a sum of money to my father through one of the banks, and then I followed up on it after a period of time. The officer told me that I had not transferred it and that he would transfer it now. So I asked my father, and he said, "No, I have received the amount twice." The amount is seven thousand five hundred riyals. What should I do now with this excess amount? I do not know if that person is still alive or not. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is obligatory for you to return this excess amount to the one who sent it and the one who disbursed it, because he did so by mistake and error. So you must return it to him. If he is alive, you return it to him personally. If it belongs to the bank or the store, you return it to the institution. If you do not find him, and this amount was from his own pocket, then you return this amount to his heirs if he has passed away, since he is the one who paid this amount from his own pocket. So you return this amount to his heirs if he has passed away. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، استلم والدي حوالتين من المال مرتين بالخطأ من الصراف فماذا أفعل الآن بالمبلغ الزائد بعد مضي زمن طويل؟ — youtube.com

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