A caller asks the Shaykh about a theft that occurred against one of the individuals, and this person caught the thief and obtained a paper from him containing a confession
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The questioner : He called me regarding the matter I told you about yesterday.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The young man who is... called me.
The Shaykh : The perpetrator?
The questioner : No, not the perpetrator, the one who caught him!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The one who caught the thief.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : The thief is conditioning them that if you do not promise to keep my secret, I will take the money and the things I stole and leave the country.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So he is threatening them now!
The Shaykh : Yes!
The questioner : Meaning he does not want to return the items.
The Shaykh : Except on a condition.
The questioner : Except by fulfilling this condition.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That no one knows, otherwise I will take the money and the things and leave, and I will not return to the country a second time.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So they asked me: What do we do? He says, for example, he can take the items today and travel?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I told them to put his name in the borders so that he is surprised to find that he is banned from traveling.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So that he does not surprise them by taking the items and traveling with them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I do not know what you think of this, our Shaykh. The boy is now threatening. I told them to say to him: Return the items, and after he returns the items, we will see whether we keep his secret or announce it. They said no, he is imposing a new condition that he wants official papers stating that he did not steal and so on, in exchange for returning the items to them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Ah, so it seems, Allah knows best, that the man is part of a gang or something like that.
The Shaykh : This is what we told you: the bad companions are those who led him astray.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I do not know what we should do with this person. The people, up to now, have no news other than this boy who is the son of the man or woman from whom the theft occurred.
The Shaykh : Okay, does he currently live in the same house as his father?
The questioner : In the same house as his father, who is considered his uncle from whom the theft occurred. He is opposite the two of them together, and no one knows what happened, but he is afraid that if he returns the items he will be exposed, and he cannot face his family in the house that he turned out to be a thief. So he is conditioning this young man that he will return the items only if you promise him, under certain conditions, that no one will know. Will they agree to these conditions, even if he asks for papers, for example, that he is innocent and that nothing is against him?
The Shaykh : Who is going to provide the papers?
The questioner : The young man who knows about this, of course.
The Shaykh : I understand. Who is going to provide him with the commitment he requested?
The questioner : The young man who has the paper written with the confession that he stole.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah reward you, the young man has no power to do harm or good!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He wants a guarantee. Who is the guarantor?
The questioner : Ah, he is not going to present the items to me and the young man now.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : And based on that, he will take papers from this young man who is the son of the one who caught him.
The Shaykh : Professor, may Allah reward you, do not mention the young man who caught him. He is an intermediary like you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But I am asking who will convince that thief and guarantee him the fulfillment of the conditions he imposes. You are not mentioning the one who caught him now, did you understand me?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, so what did you think? Who is the one who wants to guarantee that they will keep his secret?
The questioner : The ones who will keep his secret are those who currently have knowledge, meaning those who know.
The Shaykh : Who is the one who will guarantee it for him? Meaning, if he presents a blank paper, for example.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That we commit to keeping your secret after you present the money you stole within, for example, a day and a night!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, who will sign this paper? Who is the guarantor?
The questioner : The guarantor, he wants to take the paper that was signed a second time. So the young man took a paper from him that he signed, and he wants to take this one. He said, return it to me a second time. The one who signed that I am the thief, he wants to take it so that we do not have proof that he is the one who was caught.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : The young man who caught him took a paper from him and wrote: "I, so-and-so, confess that I stole such and such and such."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He said, first: this paper that I wrote and signed, return it to me, in exchange for returning the items. Second: that this young man who caught me, who of course if he informs his family that I am the thief, will have a paper with me that I am innocent of this, and that I was not caught, and that I did not take anything. A paper signed by the young man who caught him that this person did not enter the house, and that I was not caught, and that he is innocent, if his matter is exposed.
The Shaykh : So he is imposing conditions, my brother.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The one who caught him is lying.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, now the matter has become very tight.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So you contact the people of wealth!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And you see what their opinion is on the matter, especially this young man who caught him.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, because the case now seems that it must reach the state.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the state informs them to impose a siege on the house to arrest him.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And in this manner, first: they will guarantee the money he is confessing to having, and we fear that afterwards this thief boy, if he is trained by a gang, will say, for example, this money is with me and the rest we spent, and so on.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So in this case, the state, which has the power and authority, must intervene in the matter. Therefore, it seems, Allah knows best, that it is necessary to inform the government.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they will impose a siege on the house to arrest him, and they will demand this money that he claims is present, and that in exchange for handing it over to its owners, he wants his secret to be kept. This is what I have, Allah knows best.
The questioner : Is the matter being handled now through the police?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The young man who is... called me.
The Shaykh : The perpetrator?
The questioner : No, not the perpetrator, the one who caught him!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The one who caught the thief.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : The thief is conditioning them that if you do not promise to keep my secret, I will take the money and the things I stole and leave the country.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So he is threatening them now!
The Shaykh : Yes!
The questioner : Meaning he does not want to return the items.
The Shaykh : Except on a condition.
The questioner : Except by fulfilling this condition.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That no one knows, otherwise I will take the money and the things and leave, and I will not return to the country a second time.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So they asked me: What do we do? He says, for example, he can take the items today and travel?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I told them to put his name in the borders so that he is surprised to find that he is banned from traveling.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So that he does not surprise them by taking the items and traveling with them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I do not know what you think of this, our Shaykh. The boy is now threatening. I told them to say to him: Return the items, and after he returns the items, we will see whether we keep his secret or announce it. They said no, he is imposing a new condition that he wants official papers stating that he did not steal and so on, in exchange for returning the items to them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Ah, so it seems, Allah knows best, that the man is part of a gang or something like that.
The Shaykh : This is what we told you: the bad companions are those who led him astray.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I do not know what we should do with this person. The people, up to now, have no news other than this boy who is the son of the man or woman from whom the theft occurred.
The Shaykh : Okay, does he currently live in the same house as his father?
The questioner : In the same house as his father, who is considered his uncle from whom the theft occurred. He is opposite the two of them together, and no one knows what happened, but he is afraid that if he returns the items he will be exposed, and he cannot face his family in the house that he turned out to be a thief. So he is conditioning this young man that he will return the items only if you promise him, under certain conditions, that no one will know. Will they agree to these conditions, even if he asks for papers, for example, that he is innocent and that nothing is against him?
The Shaykh : Who is going to provide the papers?
The questioner : The young man who knows about this, of course.
The Shaykh : I understand. Who is going to provide him with the commitment he requested?
The questioner : The young man who has the paper written with the confession that he stole.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah reward you, the young man has no power to do harm or good!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He wants a guarantee. Who is the guarantor?
The questioner : Ah, he is not going to present the items to me and the young man now.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : And based on that, he will take papers from this young man who is the son of the one who caught him.
The Shaykh : Professor, may Allah reward you, do not mention the young man who caught him. He is an intermediary like you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But I am asking who will convince that thief and guarantee him the fulfillment of the conditions he imposes. You are not mentioning the one who caught him now, did you understand me?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, so what did you think? Who is the one who wants to guarantee that they will keep his secret?
The questioner : The ones who will keep his secret are those who currently have knowledge, meaning those who know.
The Shaykh : Who is the one who will guarantee it for him? Meaning, if he presents a blank paper, for example.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That we commit to keeping your secret after you present the money you stole within, for example, a day and a night!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, who will sign this paper? Who is the guarantor?
The questioner : The guarantor, he wants to take the paper that was signed a second time. So the young man took a paper from him that he signed, and he wants to take this one. He said, return it to me a second time. The one who signed that I am the thief, he wants to take it so that we do not have proof that he is the one who was caught.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : The young man who caught him took a paper from him and wrote: "I, so-and-so, confess that I stole such and such and such."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He said, first: this paper that I wrote and signed, return it to me, in exchange for returning the items. Second: that this young man who caught me, who of course if he informs his family that I am the thief, will have a paper with me that I am innocent of this, and that I was not caught, and that I did not take anything. A paper signed by the young man who caught him that this person did not enter the house, and that I was not caught, and that he is innocent, if his matter is exposed.
The Shaykh : So he is imposing conditions, my brother.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The one who caught him is lying.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, now the matter has become very tight.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So you contact the people of wealth!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And you see what their opinion is on the matter, especially this young man who caught him.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, because the case now seems that it must reach the state.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the state informs them to impose a siege on the house to arrest him.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And in this manner, first: they will guarantee the money he is confessing to having, and we fear that afterwards this thief boy, if he is trained by a gang, will say, for example, this money is with me and the rest we spent, and so on.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So in this case, the state, which has the power and authority, must intervene in the matter. Therefore, it seems, Allah knows best, that it is necessary to inform the government.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they will impose a siege on the house to arrest him, and they will demand this money that he claims is present, and that in exchange for handing it over to its owners, he wants his secret to be kept. This is what I have, Allah knows best.
The questioner : Is the matter being handled now through the police?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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