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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 3 of 3
- Mufti Online31 Jan 2015
Being unable to find the owner of a borrowed item
I went to Nizaamuddeen markaz to attend a mashwara. One brother gave me a pen to me to write. After sometime I forgot to give the pen to that…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN28 Jan 2015
Responsibility of stolen money
Q. I work as a manager in a spare parts shop. My boss had put+/- 37,000 Kenyan shillings in a drawer below the counter. My boss told me to give it…
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Ask Imaam27 Dec 2014
If I invested into a haram scheme and initially lost some capital but later made some profit, will it be permissible to reclaim the original investment?
Three years before I invested in Online Forex Trading broker to intended to make profit from. Recently I read a lot that forex trading is haram in…
AbdulMannan Nizami - Mufti Online16 Dec 2014
Who is liable for goods that have been lost by the courier company?
Someone purchased some goods from me online. I had it sent to him via a courier service. The goods have not reached him and cannot be traced. How…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 May 2014
Charging more than the value of the lost item
A took an item of B. A lost B's item and A wants to pay for the item. Can B make a profit when taking the money for the item? If yes then does A…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Mar 2014
Items left behind by customers
I own a shop. Sometimes, when people buy goods from me, they leave it in the shop and don’t collect it. Is it permissible for me to re-sell those…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Jan 2014
Items given to one from a warehousing company
I do transport for a company that does packaging for various other companies. I do not know the details of their agreemants. I was given a bag of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Jan 2014
Finding money on the pathway
Few years back when I was going home from office at night I found Rs.100 on the road. I was not so much aware of the Islamic path at that time and I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Dec 2013
Stolen wealth
If a person stole money from a person then another person stole from the original thief, Islamically does the thief get compensated in the next life?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Nov 2013
Partnership money getting stolen
A partnership housed in a CC with 2 partners being equal members for a number of years running a retail businesses. Partner A and partner B. Partner…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Oct 2013
Customer forgetting his change or purchased item
I work in a shop. Sometimes, customers forget their change and sometimes also forget their purchased items. What should be done with their change…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam11 Sep 2013
Can I claim back my invested money from my partner who negligently lost it in business?
Few years ago one guy who i did not know very well came to me and asked me to invest in a business where he will do all the technical work and my…
Nabeel Valli - Mufti Online18 Aug 2013
What to do with a stolen item
If clothes were stolen from a store and now someone wants to repent from this, how does one pay back the store? If the owner was not known at that…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Apr 2013
Doubting if one perhaps purchased stolen sugar cane
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…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam8 Mar 2012
1. Will a person be discharged from his obligation of zakāh if he gives something other than cash? 2. Is it permissible to charge the debtor the lost value of the current currency against another currency?
I wanted to find out if it is permissible to give out new or old but unused clothing items and items like carpets that we sell in our store? If yes,…
Mawlana Abdul Hannan Nizami - Ask Imaam13 Jul 2011
If My father closes his business and does not pay the loans/debts which he took and inform everyone that he lost everything, as a son, am I obliged to pay off his loans/debts?
My father is a business man. Few years back, a person cheated him and he incurred heavy loss. After that, there was no business and in order to run…
Muftī Ebrahim Desai - Jamiat KZN26 Feb 2010
Money kept in trust and was thereafter stolen
What is the ruling in the following case? May Allah reward you. Zaid kept his money and valuables in the safe of Bakar in Bakar’s premises. Bakar’s…
Mufti Suhail Tarmahomed - Ask Imaam12 Mar 2009
I have a very general question. I was recently fined AD$500 for not wearing a seatbelt. I felt very bad that i lost so much money due to my carelessness. I cried so much. Is it right
I have a very general question. I was recently fined AD$500 for not wearing a seatbelt. I felt very bad that i lost so much money due to my…
Ml. Zakariyya bin Ahmed - Ask Imaam7 Mar 2007
If you suspect that your employer deals in stolen goods, is it permissable to work for him?
Assalamualaikum If you suspect that your employer deals in stolen goods, is it permissable to work for him? It is only a suspicion and you have no…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam11 Sep 2006
if our clients do not pay our suppliers with the amount arranged on the due date we lose a percentage of our discount. Are we allowed to debit our clients with the percentage we lost?
we have a business and from our suppliers we receive a settlement discount. Most of our clients pay our suppliers end of the month with direct…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam24 Aug 2004
How come ex-boss will come to know about his employee’s misdeeds in the Day of Judgment and will ask his rights from employee about this theft?
Refer to question # 12351, Can you please answer, what if ex-boss is not aware about this stealing, even though we consider this case as not…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam27 Jul 2004
Why is it necessary to repay money that was stolen from before you were muslim ?
I have just found this out after being muslim for two years and now I am quite stressed out about it because i have plans to go to a madrasa soon .…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam30 Jan 2003
I buy a pair of shoes for £30 but £10 of this is stolen and rest is halaal. Is it possible for me to turn the now haraam shoes into halaal by giving £10 to charity with intention of making shoes halal
Please could you tell me if it is possible to turn a haram item into a halal one. Example: I buy say a pair of shoes for £30 but £10 of this is…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam4 Sep 2002
is it haram to buy something from someone knowing it had been stolen? whether a bike, a stereo system, etc, is it haram?
In Islam, it is prohibited to purchase anything that has been stolen. Reason being the way the person got that article to sell was gained by Haraam…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam9 Aug 2002
can u pay off the installments of your vehicle that was stolen with interest money
my friends vehicle was stolen due to a hijacking and was never recovered. Insurance refused to pay because he did not have a satelite tracking…
Moulana Imraan Vawda - Ask Imaam14 Feb 2002
watchmaker lost my watch
A person buys a watch in 1990 and paid R600. He then gave the watch to a watchmaker to repair. After ten years, the watchmaker claims he lost the…
- Ask Imaam31 Jan 2002
As'salaam alaikum, is it allowed fo pick up coins found in the street and pass it on to beggars, or should one ignore it,in the light of it being another person's lost property ?? Jazakallah
If the amount is insignificant and one is certain that the owner will not be searching for the lost money, then one may give the money to a begger…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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