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What should the questioner do to atone for taking some clothes for herself from clothes sent to another orphaned relative, given her inability to inform the sender due to shyness?

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Betraying the trust regarding an orphan's property is among the major sins, and its gravity increases, due to the Almighty's saying: "Indeed, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly are only consuming into their bellies fire. And they will be a-blaze in a blazing fire." The duty is to perform sincere repentance and to restore the rights to their rightful owners, whether directly or indirectly.

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