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Is it permissible not to pay the debts owed to credit card companies after returning from America and settling in another country?

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This money must be returned to its rightful owners, because it is someone else's money and it is not permissible to take it without a legitimate right. The fact that the entity from which it was taken is non-Muslim does not make it permissible not to return it. A believer is commanded to fulfill covenants, and Allah praised those who fulfill covenants and commanded the fulfillment of contracts.

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