What is the ruling on transferring state assets to one’s own state residence if the state no longer needs them?
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The questioner : All right, Shaykh, we have a military zone.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : We are in a military zone in the Eastern Province.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In this zone, there is housing for employees and there are offices, which is the work area.
There was a change in the office furniture, such as curtains and other items. Some employees took these curtains and put them in their homes. They asked someone with good knowledge, and he said: “Since you transferred them from the office to the home, and all of it belongs to the state, I see no harm in that.” What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : I mean the housing belongs to the state.
The questioner : The housing belongs to the state in the same...
The Shaykh : But these curtains, a person would benefit from them personally, and the state is not obligated to have these curtains. However, if the state is obligated to have these curtains, meaning that housing and comfort are not achieved without these curtains, but there was a deficiency on the part of the state, or there is no budget line for curtains, and it is customary for curtains to be in the house, then in that case we say: there is nothing wrong with that, there is nothing wrong with that, on the condition that the original building, the offices, are no longer in need of them.
The questioner : Yes, they are no longer in need of them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : We are in a military zone in the Eastern Province.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In this zone, there is housing for employees and there are offices, which is the work area.
There was a change in the office furniture, such as curtains and other items. Some employees took these curtains and put them in their homes. They asked someone with good knowledge, and he said: “Since you transferred them from the office to the home, and all of it belongs to the state, I see no harm in that.” What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : I mean the housing belongs to the state.
The questioner : The housing belongs to the state in the same...
The Shaykh : But these curtains, a person would benefit from them personally, and the state is not obligated to have these curtains. However, if the state is obligated to have these curtains, meaning that housing and comfort are not achieved without these curtains, but there was a deficiency on the part of the state, or there is no budget line for curtains, and it is customary for curtains to be in the house, then in that case we say: there is nothing wrong with that, there is nothing wrong with that, on the condition that the original building, the offices, are no longer in need of them.
The questioner : Yes, they are no longer in need of them.
The Shaykh : Yes.