Is it permissible to take any shoe that resembles mine if my shoe is lost in the mosque?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: I entered the mosque and performed the obligatory prayer with the congregation, then I went out and did not find my shoes. So I waited a little in case I would find them, but I took a pair that resembled those shoes and left. Please inform me about my action?
Answer:
This is a mistake, because you took the property of another person; you took the property of another person. It is not permissible. You took your sandals? May Allah protect you. Do not take the sandals of anyone who has not taken your sandals.[Fatir 35:18] So you made a mistake in this. If you know the owner of the sandals, settle the matter with him: either give him their value, or return them to him, or ask his forgiveness. But if you do not know the owner of the two sandals and they have a value, then take from them and give their price in charity, with the intention of the reward for their owner whom you do not know. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: I entered the mosque and performed the obligatory prayer with the congregation, then I went out and did not find my shoes. So I waited a little in case I would find them, but I took a pair that resembled those shoes and left. Please inform me about my action?
Answer:
This is a mistake, because you took the property of another person; you took the property of another person. It is not permissible. You took your sandals? May Allah protect you. Do not take the sandals of anyone who has not taken your sandals.
And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another.
وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز إذا ضاع حذائي في المسجد أن آخذ أي حذاء يشبهه؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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