Eating from entrusted food for a traveler for fear of it spoiling
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for me to use or consume food that was given to me to deliver to a person, but this person is traveling, and if I do not eat this food, it may spoil and become unfit for use when he returns?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. If you do not find the person for whom the food was given and it is about to spoil, eat it, or give it to someone in need, and do not let it spoil.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for me to use or consume food that was given to me to deliver to a person, but this person is traveling, and if I do not eat this food, it may spoil and become unfit for use when he returns?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. If you do not find the person for whom the food was given and it is about to spoil, eat it, or give it to someone in need, and do not let it spoil.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/134 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:03:54)
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