What is the ruling on stolen trust money if its owner repents?

The questioner : A questioner says: A man was working for another man, and Satan made a mistake for him, so he betrayed the trust and stole from the money. He then turned to Allah and wanted to be faithful by returning the money to its owner, but he was unable to return it. So some people told him to give it in charity to the poor and the mosques. Is it permissible for them to do so, or not?

The Shaykh : What I have issued as a fatwa is not a decision. I mean, the one who told him to give it in charity to the poor and the needy was not correct, and I think the correct ruling is written for everyone. A man betrayed the trust of a person for whom he was working, then Allah guided him and he repented. He wanted to return these coins, for example, or the thing he had taken from him. So some muftis, and he was issuing fatwas out of ignorance, told him to give it in charity. This is ignorance, and I warn with the strongest warning anyone who issues fatwas out of ignorance. I say to him that Allah says: They were responsible. And He the Exalted said: "Say: Indeed, the greatest sin in the sight of your Lord is that you attribute to Him what He has not sent down, and that you lie about Him without knowledge, and that you associate others with Him, and that you say about Allah what you do not know."