Is it permissible to take the lump sum allocated for meals and transportation in its entirety, or must the actual daily expenditure be estimated, and do these expenses include gifts and tourist transportation, knowing that some people exaggerate transportation costs to cover other expenses?
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What employees do, writing fictitious amounts to obtain money they spend, is considered consuming money unjustly. They must repent and return the excess to the company.
If a scholarship student is given a lump sum, he owns it and has the freedom to dispose of it as he wishes. However, if he is given money according to agreed-upon expenses, he is not permitted to spend the excess beyond his needs except for what was agreed upon, and he must return it.
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