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Is it permissible to donate a small sum of money taken without the knowledge of the principal in an agency transaction, given the impossibility of informing him of it, and can this sum be considered as compensation for other services rendered to the principal without his knowledge?

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To discharge one's responsibility, it suffices to deliver the money to its owner by any possible means, even indirectly. Giving it as charity on their behalf is not sufficient as long as it is possible to deliver it to them.

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