I am a student in the final stage of secondary school, and Allah has guided me. When I was in the primary stage, I stole from the school I was in.
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The questioner : I am a student in the final stage of secondary school, and Allah has guided me, praise be to Allah.
As for what came after, when I was in the primary stage, I stole a very large number of books from the school I was in. And when I reached the secondary stage, I stole tools belonging to the secondary school from the school.
The Shaykh : This is a thief everywhere.
The questioner : And they are all in my possession.
What should I do now?
The Shaykh : We ask for the questioner, or how?
Fine, Allah the Mighty and Majestic did not send down a disease without sending down a cure for it. And this disease that befalls many people in their youth and in their young adulthood has a cure.
So if you have stolen from a person or from an entity, it is obligatory for you to contact the one you stole from or the thing you stole from and inform them, and say: I have such and such for you. Then a settlement takes place between you on what you agree upon.
But a person may see that this matter is difficult for him and that he cannot, for example, go to a person and say, I stole such and such from you, or I took such and such from you. In this case, he can deliver these monies, for example, to him through another, indirect route, such as giving them to a companion of this person and a friend of his, and saying to him, this is for so-and-so, and telling him the story, and saying, I have now repented to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), so I hope you will deliver it to him.
And if he does that, then Allah says:[At-Talaq 65:2], [At-Talaq 65:4], so the matter becomes easy.
So if it is decreed that you stole from a person you do not know now and you do not know where he is?
Then this is also easier than the first, because you can give in charity what you stole with the intention that it is for its owner, and at that time you are absolved of it.
This story mentioned by the questioner obliges a person to stay away from such a matter, because he may be in a state of recklessness and foolishness, so he steals and does not care about the theft, and then when Allah bestows guidance upon him, he is troubled in getting rid of it.
As for what came after, when I was in the primary stage, I stole a very large number of books from the school I was in. And when I reached the secondary stage, I stole tools belonging to the secondary school from the school.
The Shaykh : This is a thief everywhere.
The questioner : And they are all in my possession.
What should I do now?
The Shaykh : We ask for the questioner, or how?
Fine, Allah the Mighty and Majestic did not send down a disease without sending down a cure for it. And this disease that befalls many people in their youth and in their young adulthood has a cure.
So if you have stolen from a person or from an entity, it is obligatory for you to contact the one you stole from or the thing you stole from and inform them, and say: I have such and such for you. Then a settlement takes place between you on what you agree upon.
But a person may see that this matter is difficult for him and that he cannot, for example, go to a person and say, I stole such and such from you, or I took such and such from you. In this case, he can deliver these monies, for example, to him through another, indirect route, such as giving them to a companion of this person and a friend of his, and saying to him, this is for so-and-so, and telling him the story, and saying, I have now repented to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), so I hope you will deliver it to him.
And if he does that, then Allah says:
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out
وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجاًAnd whoever fears Allah - He will make for him of his matter ease.
وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْراًSo if it is decreed that you stole from a person you do not know now and you do not know where he is?
Then this is also easier than the first, because you can give in charity what you stole with the intention that it is for its owner, and at that time you are absolved of it.
This story mentioned by the questioner obliges a person to stay away from such a matter, because he may be in a state of recklessness and foolishness, so he steals and does not care about the theft, and then when Allah bestows guidance upon him, he is troubled in getting rid of it.