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Lost Property & Theft
107 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Lost Property & Theft, part of Business & Finance. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Lost Property & Theft fatawa — page 2 of 3
- Mufti Online20 Jan 2019
Compensating for cheating and stealing when one was young
1. While at university we used to play table soccer at the café that was on the campus. We cheated by not paying for this as we knew how to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Oct 2018
Replacing money that was stolen with interest money
Someone has committed fraud against me and stolen my money. I also have an account that accumalates interest which I dispose as charity. Based on…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Jun 2018
Returning an item to it's rightful owner
If a person leaves something in someone's house and then he forgets about the thing and the other person also does not give his thing back to the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam13 Mar 2018
I was a pious person but lost everything: my business, had two divorces, was thrown in jail & had several attempts on my life. What went wrong & why did this happen to me?
NOTE : I'm not asking for help or money or anything. I'm asking you to explain why this happened to me. My brother, I have only 1 Question, Why did…
Mufti Sohail ibn Arif - Mufti Online13 Feb 2018
Using a stolen cellphone
I have a Muslim friend and he shared something with me secretly but I couldnt answer... he said that once he stole a telephone from someone, and he…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Feb 2018
Mistakenly receiving extra money into one's account
I'm using a banking app, so I have transferred funds from 1 account to another but the transaction failed and the balance has been deducted from my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Feb 2018
Returning money that one had taken mistakenly in childhood
When I was about 7 or 8 years (now I am 30 yrs ), I was at my uncle's place where I took some halalas (coins) almost 3 saudi riyals, (not in term of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2018
Returning money that was taken from someone
In my youth money was taken from a family member. The money was meant to be given to the poor. I am not sure of the amount and I don't have the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Nov 2017
Returning an item left behind by the owner
An electrician once came to my home and left his cutter. Now, I don’t have any chance of meeting him. Can I use the cutter myself?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Nov 2017
Amaanat getting stolen
A brother had left some boxes of stock at my premises and he requested me to deliver the stock to his suppliers since he wanted to return the stock…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Oct 2017
Returning something to the rightful owner
Thirty years ago, when I was a child, I found a gold necklace. My sister took it from me and kept it. Two months ago she returned the item back to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam14 Oct 2017
Stolen Computers
Assalaamu 'Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah I had a plan to run a business with some used computers, i have several computer on my own, but some of them i got…
Tahmid Chowdhury - Ask Imaam28 Aug 2017
Due to a tragedy in my life, I have lost interest in everything.
I am working in an MNC with great job roles and responsibilities. However, currently i dont have that interest and spirit to work like how it was…
Hussein Muhammad - Mufti Online8 Aug 2017
Paying back money owed to people
I'm going to be as precise as possible. We are all humans, but I'm a Muslim too. From childhood I may have taken/borrowed someone's money and never…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Apr 2017
Terminating a lease due to suspicion
If it is merely suspected that a tenant buys and sells stolen goods, is it incumbent on the landlord to terminate that tenant’s tenancy?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Mar 2017
What should be done with money that one had found?
My job requires me to work in public environments most of the time. I find small amounts of money on the ground occasionally. What should I do with…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Mar 2017
Using something without permission
I used a blade without permission but that person owed me money worth more then the value of blade and I deducted value of that and forgave them. I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Feb 2017
Warning someone about being deceived by a certain person
I have given some money to a person who promised me to give me back on Wednesday but he didn't, then he promised to give me Friday and he broke his…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Feb 2017
Phone purchased with haraam money
My husband bought a phone with haraam rupees. Can I use his phone? Is it halaal for me?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN30 Jan 2017
Paying Zakat on previously lost jewellery
A woman lost her jewellery 20 years ago. Whilst moving houses, she found that very same jewellery which she had lost. Does she now have to pay…
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Jamiat KZN25 Jan 2017
The Zakaat of an item that was stolen or lost
A person did not pay Zakaat on her jewellery for the past ten years. Now, all the jewellery has been stolen. Does it still remain compulsory upon…
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Mufti Online24 Dec 2016
Taking from one's father's money without his knowledge
I reside with my father as I have not yet finished school. A few times I slipped up and took some money of my fathers without him knowing. I do not…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Nov 2016
Amaanat getting stolen
I had deposited jewellery in my friends house and he says it is stolen and he also says he doesn't remember me giving the jewellery but he is ready…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Nov 2016
Compensating for something one stole in childhood
When I was a kid (5-6 years age), I remember that I stole a balloon from my classmate's bag. Now, when I am a grown up, I've realised that I've…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Oct 2016
Driving away after knocking someone's car
I have a small problem. This morning I went to do some shopping. While parking, I misjudged my turning and by mistake I scraped into the car next to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Sep 2016
Bucket and spade found on the beach
When I went on the beach, I found a bucket and spade (which the children play with). The items were lying around close to the sea. The water of the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Aug 2016
Thief dropping his personal phone after stealing one's phone
If a person who stole my phone starts running away from me after stealing my phone and whilst running his phone falls out of his pocket. What should…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Aug 2016
Stealing from a truck that has dropped it's load
A truck lost it's load along the road. People are recovering the load for their own good. Is this halaal for them?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Aug 2016
Stealing a chocolate
When I was younger, I stole a chocolate from a super market. Is it enough to go and pay for the same without taking the chocolate and make taubah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 May 2016
Returning stolen items
How do I go about making things right after my mother in-law found out I stole from her? She told my husband to send me away and she never wants to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 May 2016
Returning stolen money to the estate of the deceased
I have stolen my grandfathers money in my childhood but now my grandfather is not with us. I don't remember the exact amount. Now what should I do?…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Dec 2015
Lost parrot
About three years ago we found a parrot. Being a captive bred bird and its wings were clipped we kept the bird and took care of it. We made an…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Oct 2015
Customer forgetting to take his change
If a customer forgets to take his change (like R100) or forgets something at your shop and doesn't come back to claim it, what should a person do…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Oct 2015
Rights of people that one had usurped before accepting Islam
Am I allowed to go to learn Deen or Hajj or Tabligh or other Deeni purpose? The problem, I did a few things when I was a non-Muslim but after…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 May 2015
Stolen money
I lost money from my hand bag which I failed to zip up properly when in the shop. Will this lost money be counted as a form of sadaqa for me?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 May 2015
Returning stolen money
I took/stole some money when I was much younger and I am not sure whether I took zakaat or lillah money. Now when I am going to put the money back,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Mar 2015
Finding money is one's cupboard
I am 16 years old but I just wanted to ask about something. I have found money in my cupboard and I can't recall having any money or having put any…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Mar 2015
Lost item
I am a student in Malaysia and I am doing a PHD here. Once I came to my workstation in the Lab I found a mineral water bottle on my table and then I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Feb 2015
Reimbursing the person one had stolen from
Please I would like to know how to reimburse money that I have stolen from somebody and how about money that I have borrowed and the person cannot…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Feb 2015
Liability of items which have been lost by the courier company
Someone purchased some goods from me. I had it couriered/posted to him via a courier service. The goods have not reached him and cannot be traced.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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