Is it permissible to use items that belong to the state, such as cars and papers, and the like?

Question : Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person to use items that belong to the state, such as papers, pens, cars, tents, and other things, for his personal needs, even if his direct supervisor agrees? Yes. The question. If you refer it to us. Can you answer it? He says: Using the funds that belong to the state. You can answer it. Huh? As long as he says funds belonging to the state.

Answer : And what is it? It is not permissible for a person to use the money in the state for his personal interests, because it is not his. And the right of all Muslims is attached to it.
One might say that it is more forbidden, or more deserving of respect, than a person's private money, because with a person's private money, you can get rid of it by making it lawful for yourself afterwards. But the money that all Muslims share in, which reaches all Muslims, is not something one can make lawful for oneself. For this reason, I say it is not permissible for a person to use state funds for his personal needs. If he does so, he is committing a sin. And it is not permissible to rely on his direct supervisor unless the general system of the state permits that direct supervisor to grant him permission for such a thing. In that case, we might say there is no harm in it. On this occasion, I warn some officials from such matters, namely being lenient with state funds. I also warn them from oppressing the employees under their authority. They oppress the employees by giving them assignments when they have not been assigned, adding to it funds from the state money when they have not worked for it.
This is, in reality, oppression of these employees and oppression of themselves, meaning the officials themselves, and a betrayal of the state that relied on them in this matter. The situation was that it would not be reported. There are officials who give assignments without need; the public interest does not require the assignment, and the employees were not actually assigned. Yet the assignment is written for them. What need do they have for this? This is forbidden for the employee who is given it when he has not worked, and forbidden for his chief who oppressed himself and his brothers by giving them what they do not deserve, making them take money unjustly. It is a betrayal of the state that entrusted him with this money and this public interest. Let the man know that there is nothing between him and the Hereafter, where he will be recompensed, except for his soul leaving his body. And the exit of his soul from his body is not known to him; he does not know when he will transition from this world to the Hereafter. So what will he say to his Lord on the Day of Resurrection if He asks him about this action, which includes oppressing himself, oppressing others, and betraying his state?