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Money taken unjustly: What to do if one can’t find the person?

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If someone accepts Islam, all his are forgiven right? What about taking the money of someone unjustly? Would he have to pay that person back? When if he can’t find that person anymore?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahamtullah,

Please see the following links:

Stolen Things: When a kid… how to compensate?
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00002354.aspx 

Don’t Remember Who I Stole From: How Do I Repay?
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00000199.aspx 

Repaying a company debt
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00003137.aspx 

The Fiqh of borrowing: Paying back debts
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00003490.aspx 

Theft?
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00000216.aspx 

How should one seek forgiveness if one has wronged others, both monetary and otherwise?
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00003289.aspx 

How do we know that someone whom one wronged has really forgiven us?
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00002840.aspx 

Wassalam,

Hanafi Fiqh Staff.

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