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Does the noble verse: "So whoever receives an admonition from his Lord and desists, then to him belongs what was in the past" apply to my situation after I received the answer to my previous question?

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Regret, repentance, and ignorance of a ruling do not absolve the perpetrator from returning people's rights. The verse: {So whoever receives an admonition from his Lord and desists, he may have what has passed} was revealed concerning usurious contracts before usury was forbidden. As for using this verse to justify the permissibility of usurped or stolen money through repentance, this is incorrect. The conditions for repentance include returning rights to their owners, or giving them in charity if the owners cannot be reached.

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