Is it obligatory to return money stolen from the school cafeteria to the school, or to give it as charity, or to give it to the person in charge of the cafeteria, knowing that the cafeteria belongs to a government school and its profits were distributed to students and the ministry?
Repentance for theft necessitates returning the stolen money to its owners, estimating its value to the best of one's knowledge, and returning it to the school from which it was stolen, even through indirect means. Donating it to another entity is not sufficient.
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