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How can injustices be redressed and absolution be obtained for sins related to taking a knife from an uncle, an onion from a shop, using a wallet and some of its contents found in a library, and a misunderstanding with a person who granted permission and donated, yet the feeling of guilt persists?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Repaying financial rights to their owners or obtaining their forgiveness and pardon constitutes absolution from them. A person can send the rights by any means without informing the owner, or seek pardon and forgiveness without revealing their identity. For those one cannot reach, one should give the rights in charity on their behalf, while guaranteeing them to the owners should it become possible to reach them later. As for trivial matters that are customarily overlooked, they do not constitute a liability and do not need to be returned, especially among relatives. There is no sin in taking what people have discarded and thrown away. Feeling guilty after the owner of the right has pardoned and forgiven may stem from excessive and blameworthy piety.

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