The ruling on one who embezzled money from his workplace and how to return it

Question:
The questioner, who did not mention his name here, says: He is a young man working as an accountant. He says: I was receiving a salary, and praise be to Allah, but it was not sufficient for me. I spent approximately two years, and during those two years, I took an amount in installments equivalent to approximately one thousand seven hundred riyals. I took this without the knowledge of the shop owner, by adding the amount to the invoices. I considered this money to be theft. Now I want to purify myself before Allah (Mighty and Majestic) from this forbidden money, but I am in a state of confusion. If I tell the company owner, he will dismiss me from the company. If the people and my colleagues find out, I fear my standing before them, knowing that in their eyes I am committed to the law of Allah. Guide me in this matter. My intention, O Shaykh, as Allah knows, is to settle the debt, but my current circumstances do not allow it. What should I do?

Answer:
It is obligatory for you to return the money to its owner by whatever method enables you, even if not under your name, but under another name. You tell the person in charge of the company: "This is money that belongs to the company, which you have with you." The person in charge of the company gives it to them by any means without your name, under another name. You say: "A person gave me this, saying it belongs to the company, and he wants to clear his conscience. This money came into the company, and he wants to clear his conscience." Your conscience is cleared by doing this. If this becomes difficult and is not facilitated, then give it in charity on behalf of its owners. Give it in charity with the intention that it is on behalf of its owners to some of the poor and the needy, along with repentance, regret, ceasing the act, and not returning to it, with a sincere resolve not to return to such a thing. Yes.

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