What is the ruling on making du'a' (supplication) against someone who stole money from you?

Question : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, my personal wallet was stolen from me a few days ago near the Haram. Is it permissible for me to make du'a' against the one who snatched it?

Answer : Better than that is to ask Allah the Exalted to return it to you. Say, "O Allah, return to me what was taken from me." However, there is no harm in a person making du'a' against one who wronged him or attacked him with the same measure of his wrongdoing or aggression, based on the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: You are not in a position to attack him except through du'a'. So if you make du'a' to Allah against him with the same measure of what he wronged you with, there is no harm. But I say that it is better than that to ask Allah to return to you what was taken from you.