The ruling on breaking a car window and stealing what is inside it
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The questioner:
The questioner asks: Does breaking a car window and taking what is inside it, or stealing it and messing with it on the roads, meet the conditions for the hadd punishment for theft to be applied to the thief?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best. I hear you, Ahmad. Yes.
The questioner:
The questioner asks: Does breaking a car window and stealing what is inside it, or stealing it and messing with it on the roads, meet the conditions for the hadd punishment for theft?
The Shaykh:
The negligence is on your part. You leave your cars in the streets. If the car is in the house or in the garage and someone breaks the door and enters it, that is easy. But if it is parked in the street, it is not secured.
The questioner asks: Does breaking a car window and taking what is inside it, or stealing it and messing with it on the roads, meet the conditions for the hadd punishment for theft to be applied to the thief?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best. I hear you, Ahmad. Yes.
The questioner:
The questioner asks: Does breaking a car window and stealing what is inside it, or stealing it and messing with it on the roads, meet the conditions for the hadd punishment for theft?
The Shaykh:
The negligence is on your part. You leave your cars in the streets. If the car is in the house or in the garage and someone breaks the door and enters it, that is easy. But if it is parked in the street, it is not secured.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 095-كتاب الحدود - القطع في حد السرقة وحد قطع الطريق - 12-2-2 — archive.org (1:08:26)
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