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Are products whose price has been discounted with stolen points, without knowledge, considered illicit wealth that must be disposed of?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The stolen item must be returned to its owner, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If a man's property is stolen, or he loses some property, and he finds it in the possession of a specific person, then he has a greater right to it, and the buyer should seek reimbursement from the seller for the price."

If a person buys a stolen item and then learns it is stolen, they must return it to the person they know it belongs to, and they should demand the price from the seller.

If it is impossible to reach the owners of the stolen points, then if the buyer is in need, there is no sin upon them for benefiting from them. Otherwise, they must donate their value on behalf of their owners.

As for the goods purchased through these accounts, they are permissible for the buyer, but they must donate the value of the points they benefited from. They must also stop using these stolen accounts, and if they can reclaim their money from the seller, they should do so.

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