Is it permissible to take a portion of money obtained fraudulently, with the intention of solving an urgent financial problem, and with the intention of repaying this portion upon receiving a salary, in order to return the full amount to its owners and repent?
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It is not permissible to delay returning ill-gotten wealth to fulfill a need, for among the conditions of a sound repentance are abandoning the forbidden and returning rights to their owners. Ill-gotten wealth corrupts what is lawful and removes its blessings. One can substitute it with a good loan or seek permission from the owners of the wealth. One must hasten to repent and not procrastinate.
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