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Is it permissible to take the expenses incurred by the owner of the stolen item from the thief after the item has been recovered?

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The thief bears the costs of returning the stolen item because these are the expenses associated with a right that he is obliged to fulfill, just as the usurper bears the cost of returning the unlawfully seized item.

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