Is it permissible to return money taken by an unlawful means through a gift?

The questioner : One of the brothers once said, if you permit, that he has a partner in a tailor shop, and the partner cheated one of his customers out of a sum of money. So this partner wants to return this money to him through a gift. I told him, I told him, it must be that returning money through a gift is not valid?

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : So here, according to what he says, he returns it through a gift.

The Shaykh: No.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : He returns it by a method other than a gift.

The questioner : Yes, and it is not a condition that he knows, meaning that he returned it to him.

The Shaykh : No, it is not a condition.

The questioner : Yes, okay, an example to clarify: if, for instance, he took a sum and came from under the door, the shop's door, and threw, for example, the sum from under the door. The shop owner came and opened it and found, for example, one hundred or two hundred dinars. Is this possible in this case?

The Shaykh : It is possible if he is certain that the money will return to him.

The questioner : Yes.