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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Repentance for taking another person's money without right

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Question:
The Shaykh's sons, or perhaps a car part is taken in a parking lot, and after a period he wanted to return this part, but he was unable to return it to the place, and he also does not know which car the part was taken from, so what

Answer:
There is no doubt that consuming people's wealth without right, whether by theft or usurpation or otherwise, is forbidden, so
do not consume one another's wealth unjustlyلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِالْبَاطِلِ
[An-Nisa 4:29]
this is a forbidden matter. However, the door of repentance is open. Whoever wants to repent from this must return the money to its owner as much as possible, or ask him for forgiveness. If returning the money to its owner is not possible, he gives it in charity, giving it in charity with the intention that the reward belongs to the owner, with the intention that the reward will be for the owner, and he is merely getting rid of it. This is if returning the money to its owner is not possible; he gives it in charity, or its value, with the intention that the reward belongs to the owner.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الوضوء - 2 — islamhouse.com (51:12)

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