What is the ruling of Islamic law on postponing marriage to undergo essential and non-essential cosmetic surgeries, and on using money, partially from illicit sources (taken fraudulently from the mother and brother), in a business venture? Is selling gold to pay a doctor's debt considered a return of the money taken fraudulently from the brother? Is the money the questioner took from her mother for treatment, to which her own money was added, and then the surplus was used to purchase personal necessities, considered theft? And what is the ruling on the money the questioner inherited from her father and invested, knowing that she was lying to her mother about the source of her purchases and treatment?
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If a person gives money to another based on the assumption of a specific characteristic in them, or for a particular purpose, and then it becomes clear that this characteristic does not exist, or that the purpose has not been achieved, then it is not permissible for the recipient to own the money. They must return it or seek forgiveness from its owner, because the owner did not consent to giving it under these conditions. This ruling includes all contracts of donation, such as gifts and bequests.
However, if the giver gives money to the recipient regardless of their characteristic or purpose, then there is no harm for the recipient in taking it.
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