What is the ruling on taking and breaching dormant and abandoned accounts?
The basic ruling on hacking websites and pages is prohibition and unlawfulness, because it constitutes an infringement upon the rights of others. And the mere fact that the account owner does not respond to your message is not sufficient proof that he has abandoned it. Yes, if there are reliable indications, according to specialists, that the account creator has abandoned and left it, and there is no harm in taking it, then there appears to be no impediment to taking it. This issue can be analogized to the permissibility of acquiring something that people discard out of disinterest, as Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned that the Lawgiver did not nullify circumstantial evidence and indications, and he cited the acquisition of something that people discard out of disinterest as an example of matters in which circumstantial evidence is used.
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