The Ruling on Imitating Voices to Obtain Money
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Question:
Abd al-Rahman from Harim says: “O Shaykh, my younger brother imitates voices. He has imitated one voice and started playing with a young man, and the young man sends him money until the amount he sent to my brother reached five thousand riyals. Then the young man learned about the matter and sent a message stating that he does not forgive him for this money, and he threatened my brother with a curse. My brother does not have this amount and is unable to return it.”
Answer:
First, this is lying and mocking the owner of the voice he imitates, because the owner of the voice does not approve of this, and he is most likely being ridiculed. Second, and this is more severe, he took the money unjustly and deceived the one who sent the money, so he took his money unjustly. Therefore, he must return the money to its owner and ask for his forgiveness. Yes.
Abd al-Rahman from Harim says: “O Shaykh, my younger brother imitates voices. He has imitated one voice and started playing with a young man, and the young man sends him money until the amount he sent to my brother reached five thousand riyals. Then the young man learned about the matter and sent a message stating that he does not forgive him for this money, and he threatened my brother with a curse. My brother does not have this amount and is unable to return it.”
Answer:
First, this is lying and mocking the owner of the voice he imitates, because the owner of the voice does not approve of this, and he is most likely being ridiculed. Second, and this is more severe, he took the money unjustly and deceived the one who sent the money, so he took his money unjustly. Therefore, he must return the money to its owner and ask for his forgiveness. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/018 — archive.org (11:46)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.