If a person wishes to repent sincerely from sins, how can they deal with redressing grievances in the following cases: 1. If they forgot the amount of money they took from someone without their knowledge, should they determine a specific amount to give to them discreetly? 2. If they lost something belonging to a traveling friend who cannot be reached, should they give its value in charity, and does the grievance fall away by asking for their forgiveness later? 3. If they forgot that they wronged someone or took something from them, should they give a sum in charity with the intention of fulfilling the rights of those they forgot? 4. How can one absolve themselves of non-material grievances?
If a person is unaware of the exact amount of money he took from another, he must return what certainly absolves his conscience or what he presumes with strong conviction to be the amount. If he was negligent in safeguarding a flash drive and it was lost, he is liable for it and must seek forgiveness from its owner or render the due right to him. If he is unable to do so, he should give charity to those deserving of it. However, if he was not negligent, he is not liable. And whoever has forgotten the rightful claimants and despairs of remembering them, he must give in charity what certainly absolves his conscience or what he presumes with strong conviction. And whoever doubts whether a right is owed by him, the default is that his conscience is absolved.
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