Is it permissible to destroy spare parts that are still usable, such as mobile phones that do not work with the car's system but otherwise function normally, and which must be disposed of after being replaced under warranty?
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If the company instructs you to destroy devices it has discarded, there is no impediment to benefiting from whatever can be utilized from them. Some scholars have permitted the finder to benefit from what its owner has abandoned and forsaken.
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