Doubting if one perhaps purchased stolen sugar cane

· 5 Jumada II 1434 AH1 min readEnglish
Business and DealingsLost and Stolen items

Question

While passing through one of the farm towns, a guy at the garage was selling avokados in a bag. When I bought that, he offered me suger cane as well. Only after I bought it and returned home, did I realise that he only had one sugercane. So I perhaps thought that why was the avokados in a bag which he had lots of (in different bags), but he only had a single sugercane. I perhaps thought that maybe he got the single sugercane by walking past one of the farms and taking it with out paying for it, which he sold to me. What should I do in this case, if I doubt that the sugercane was perhaps stolen?

Answer

It is possible that he could have purchased it or it was given to him. Since you are not sure as to from where he acquired it, you will not be answerable. However if you are unclear about it, you may give it away in sadaqah.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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