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The question

Is the payment of the treasury deficit from unknown sources, after the rulings on "Luqatah" (found property) have been established for it, considered a payment from money whose ownership has devolved to the questioner, and is it permissible to take these surpluses without the employer's knowledge?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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It is not permissible for the currency exchange teller to take the excess amounts found in the account unless he knows that their owners left them by mistake without their knowledge. In this case, the rulings of lost property apply to them. After identifying them, there is no harm in him benefiting from them, and he is liable for them. However, if the reason for the excess is unknown, it might belong to the employer, so it is not permissible for the accountant to take it; rather, he should add it to the company's funds, unless he was unjustly compelled to pay a deficit, in which case he may take from that excess an amount equivalent to what was taken from him.

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