The ruling on a grocery store worker eating from the store without the owner's knowledge
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Our brother says: I work in a grocery store, and sometimes I take something from it to eat or drink, relying on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:61] Then doubt overtakes me, meaning that this act might be forbidden. So I rush to estimate what I ate or drank and deduct it from my salary. I am still in this cycle. Please relieve me of my distress. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You should be scrupulous, because this is someone else's property. If you want to eat, even a small amount, do not eat unless you have the owner's permission, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan ad-Daraqutni 13:78 If you know that he does not prevent it, there is no harm. But if you do not know, it is obligatory for you to ask him for forgiveness and seek his permission in that matter, to clear your conscience and stay away from what is not lawful for you.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Our brother says: I work in a grocery store, and sometimes I take something from it to eat or drink, relying on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
[from houses] whose keys you possess
أَوْ مَا مَلَكْتُم مَّفَاتِحَهُAnswer:
You should be scrupulous, because this is someone else's property. If you want to eat, even a small amount, do not eat unless you have the owner's permission, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
The wealth of a Muslim is not lawful except by his willing consent,
لا يحل مال أمرئ مسلم إلا بطيبة من نفسه،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4207- حكم أكل العامل في البقالة منها بدون علم صاحبها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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