The ruling on one who took what is not his and hesitated to return it
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Question:
The right of a person requires that he inform them or send money to a person he fears will be embarrassed by it. One thousand riyals? Is he required to say that he took it and stole it? Or does he send a person who says: it is from an unknown person?
Answer:
He should give it to him if possible. If that is not possible and he fears the consequences, he should send it to him through a trustworthy person, saying: This is for you from a person who sees that you have a right against him, and this is your right against him, without specifying who it is, so that nothing occurs between them.
Q: And if his father—may Allah reward you—had taken it from him?
A: Whether it is his companion or his father, or someone else, he should send it with a trustworthy person and deliver it to him without letting him know who sent it, saying: This is a person who mentioned that you have a right against him, and this is your right against him, so I was sent to deliver it.
The right of a person requires that he inform them or send money to a person he fears will be embarrassed by it. One thousand riyals? Is he required to say that he took it and stole it? Or does he send a person who says: it is from an unknown person?
Answer:
He should give it to him if possible. If that is not possible and he fears the consequences, he should send it to him through a trustworthy person, saying: This is for you from a person who sees that you have a right against him, and this is your right against him, without specifying who it is, so that nothing occurs between them.
Q: And if his father—may Allah reward you—had taken it from him?
A: Whether it is his companion or his father, or someone else, he should send it with a trustworthy person and deliver it to him without letting him know who sent it, saying: This is a person who mentioned that you have a right against him, and this is your right against him, so I was sent to deliver it.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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