Is it permissible to eat stolen food in a city where nothing else is available due to war and the flight of shop owners, leading citizens to break into them and take what is inside?
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It is impermissible to consume stolen food, except in cases of dire necessity and fear of perishing, and if no permissible food is available. In such a situation, one may eat only as much as is needed to avert the necessity, based on the Almighty's saying: "And He has explained to you in detail what He has forbidden you, except that to which you are compelled." (Al-An'am: 119).
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