Is it permissible to destroy a prohibited item without the owner's permission?
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Question:
He asks: Is it permissible to smash, remove, and destroy a prohibited item, such as cartons of cigarettes or the like, without the owner's permission?
Answer:
No, only the one in authority or his deputy may destroy it. As for you, you should forbid it, explain the harm in it, and advise. Such destruction is not to be done except by the one in authority or his deputy. Yes.
He asks: Is it permissible to smash, remove, and destroy a prohibited item, such as cartons of cigarettes or the like, without the owner's permission?
Answer:
No, only the one in authority or his deputy may destroy it. As for you, you should forbid it, explain the harm in it, and advise. Such destruction is not to be done except by the one in authority or his deputy. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز إتلاف العين المحرمة بدون إذن صاحبها؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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