How to Return Injustices to Their Owners When the Owners Are Unknown
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A person, before he was guided, stole money from some shops. Some of the shops were locked with a simple latch, so he would enter, for example, at midday and take money from the drawers.And when he repented, he said: I forgot it and I forgot their owners, so what should he do?
This man says: He used to take people's money before he committed himself to the religion, and now he has forgotten from whom he took it, and he has forgotten the amounts.We tell him: He should give charity on behalf of their owners.When he says: I do not know how much I took?We say: Verify it: if you estimate that it was one thousand or two thousand, you are only required to give one thousand. Take the lower amount.
This man says: He used to take people's money before he committed himself to the religion, and now he has forgotten from whom he took it, and he has forgotten the amounts.We tell him: He should give charity on behalf of their owners.When he says: I do not know how much I took?We say: Verify it: if you estimate that it was one thousand or two thousand, you are only required to give one thousand. Take the lower amount.