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Is compensation for the theft of money and a mobile phone from a residential unit in a tourist village with strong security permissible or forbidden?

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If the theft was not a result of negligence in guarding, then you are not owed anything by the tourist village except a gift. However, if it was a result of their negligence, then they are obliged to pay the value of what was stolen from you. Sheikh al-Islam was asked about a man who tethered his camel, and it was stolen due to the negligence of the guards. He replied that if they were hired to guard them, then they are responsible for what was damaged due to their negligence.

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