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What is the Sharia ruling on taking money from a person who paid for an electronic product with the intention of stealing or leaking it, given that the seller has not yet sent the product?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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It is not permissible to take a Muslim's money without his willing consent, due to the Almighty's saying: "O you who have believed, do not consume one another's property unlawfully but [only] that your consuming be [involving] trade [carried out] by mutual consent from among you." And due to the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The property of a Muslim is not lawful except with his willing consent," and "The whole of a Muslim is inviolable for another Muslim: his blood, his property, and his honor." Whoever unlawfully seizes a Muslim's property will meet Allah while He is angry with him. Therefore, the money must be returned to its owner, and one must seek forgiveness.

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