What is the ruling on money acquired from selling goods that later turn out to be stolen, if the seller was unaware of their theft at the time of sale?

There is no harm for a man in benefiting from money he obtained by selling stolen items, whether he was an agent for the sale and received a fee, or he was the seller of the stolen item and did not know it was stolen at the time of sale.

The stolen items must be returned to their original owner if known, and the buyer pursues the seller for the price, and so on. As for the money the seller took as the price for the stolen item, he is permitted to benefit from it. If the buyer requests it, he gives him an equivalent amount, not the exact coins, because money is not earmarked.