How can a debt, outstanding for ten years, be settled when it was impossible to repay due to not finding the creditor residing in another country? And is it permissible to give the money in charity or perform a good deed (for its reward) on behalf of its owner, whose life and death are unknown?
If the creditor despairs of reaching the debtor or his heirs, he should give the debt as charity, intending the reward for its owner; otherwise, not.
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