Is it permissible to eat leftover food from female students that would spoil if left untouched and without anyone's knowledge, or is that considered stealing?
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It is permissible to take food that has been abandoned willingly and to benefit from it without the owner's permission, according to the statements of Ibn Qudamah and Al-Buhuti. However, if it is not known whether she abandoned it willingly, then it is not permissible to take it without her permission.
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