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Stealing from a Friend and Making Amends

Answered as per Shafi'i Fiqh by Seekersguidance.org

Ustadh Farid Dingle gives advice on how to make amends for having stolen from a friend one no longer is in contact with.

Question:

Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh.


When I was in school my friend went to the bathroom and gave her lunchbox to me. I took one of the chicken she had bought and I ate It Will Allah forgive me I have left the school and I don’t have any contact with the girl.

Answer:

Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh.

Assalamu alaykum,

Dear questioner, if you genuinely cannot find her, just give some charity with the intention of an expiation and that she will get the reward.

Farid

Checked and approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.


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