The Ruling on Money Taken from People Without Evidence

The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe, may you live long. Yes, I am from the group of the people of 'Urwah, from the districts. Yes, and I arranged the work a year ago. Yes, on a day of poverty and need, and he gave me from it a few qirshat. Is it lawful for me to keep it or not?

The Shaykh:
The Amir gave it to us.

The questioner:
No, no.

The Shaykh:
The Amir gave it to you.

The questioner:
No, by Allah, I am a poor man. He says he took what I noticed, meaning he says he took it, or is he trying to distance me? And they are deceiving the people. I took with them from the difference, which is one thousand riyals.

The Shaykh:
Give it in charity, give it to the poor in charity.

The questioner:
Give it in charity? May Allah reward you with good. Give it now, and I gave it today, give it now. It is silver, and today it was returned.

The Shaykh:
I mean, day by day.

The questioner:
Muslim, who is he? May Allah have mercy on the one who brought it.

The presenter:
May Allah.

The questioner:
And among the Muslims, by Allah, there is another story about you. The son whose shalwar is torn from Dawsir, and they are all ignorant. Each of them has a claim against the other, with no evidence or address. And I am twenty-two years old from al-Dawasir, and my eyes are still there. We still have a balance remaining, and we want to settle his account. Where do we settle it?

The Shaykh:
You do not know his place.

The questioner:
We do not know.

The Shaykh:
Give it in charity.

The questioner:
Give it in charity. Yes.

The Shaykh:
With this intention.

The questioner:
I will buy it for them, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.