Q: When I went on the beach, I found a bucket and spade (which the children play with). The items were lying around close to the sea. The water of the sea was very close about to take away the items. I took the bucket and spade assuming it would have washed away in the sea if I hadn't taken it. Is it permissible for me to give it to my children to play with? In the above situation if the answer is no then what should I do with the items?
Q: If a person who stole my phone starts running away from me after stealing my phone and whilst running his phone falls out of his pocket. What should I do with his phone?
Q: A truck lost it's load along the road. People are recovering the load for their own good. Is this halaal for them?
Q: When I was younger, I stole a chocolate from a super market. Is it enough to go and pay for the same without taking the chocolate and make taubah?
Q: How do I go about making things right after my mother in-law found out I stole from her? She told my husband to send me away and she never wants to see me again. Please help.
Q: I have stolen my grandfathers money in my childhood but now my grandfather is not with us. I don't remember the exact amount. Now what should I do? How should I repay it?
Q: About three years ago we found a parrot. Being a captive bred bird and its wings were clipped we kept the bird and took care of it. We made an effort in the area to find the owner, but was unsuccessful and to date no one has come forward to claim the bird. We have given up looking for the owner. Can we sell the bird to recoup the money spent in looking after the bird. Money was spent on buying a cage, other equipment, food and vet fees? If not, please advise what we should do?
Q: If a customer forgets to take his change (like R100) or forgets something at your shop and doesn't come back to claim it, what should a person do with that item or money?
Q: Am I allowed to go to learn Deen or Hajj or Tabligh or other Deeni purpose? The problem, I did a few things when I was a non-Muslim but after conversion, Alhamdulillah nothing.
When I was non-Muslim, I had no bad intention, and I needed a place to live. So I had a company through which I sold webpages, design, spam services and I decided to search for a flat and I found one flat and this was an advertisement of some real estate agent, (a system that owner of flat used the service of real estate agent to get clients). So the owner of this flat was a heart doctor, so I had some money but I didn't have the third part of the rent (first payment needs to be like 3x rent, I had only two parts, if I am correct) and because of deadline I had to fake one paper of payment, so they believed that I have paid money will be received soon (like the next day) but next day this doctor was in another country for some thing, so there was no problem for me. I didn’t pay, and after I lived like three months I didn't pay no rent and no other costs. One reason was that my company wasn't doing well to pay it. So after the third month I just moved out and I left the key and I sent an sms so and so. For now I have not heard anything of them. Not from doctor and nor from the real estate agent.
My company ordered services from an accountant and when she finished the work, then I did not pay. Now she has not contacted me but when I contacted then she said yes I owe her like 1000€ and some interest.
Before Islam, in France 2 times + other time(s) for 2 times I got judgment and I spent like a few years in jail. (2-7 years for I got 3 + 2 years alhamdulillah bigger swallowed other smaller one.)
Anyway, the problem was I bought from a seller credit card, debit card data from all over the world. (how seller gets the data/info:
1. A person is working in some pub, hotel, restaurant etc. and when the client gives credit card he swipes it also from his personal card copier, so he copies the data without client knowing it. When worker makes copies of credit card with copy machine (like papers) so he just collect the copies and sells them. He just hacks and takes anything they want. All this is done while the person does not know he is stealing. So I buy this data, and I make credit cards by using this data which I bought, so I go and use it to buy computers, and other valuable electronics, pay hotels, restaurants, and rent a car and so on, like clothes and jewellery. As this credit card data that I bought was in another continent and I paid in France and the real person paid in his own country with the real credit card, then the bank refused to give money to the businesses of France and returned the money. So when I got the judgment, they say that I need to pay 18k€ to the bank of France for damages that I have done but when I payed some little amount of money then I got receipt that I have paid the hotel that I used.
All of this was done before I became Muslim. Doesn't Islam erase all my previous life things. I became Muslim in the jail so after I came out I started to pay but now I have no money, house of my own etc. Someone is offering me to go to a Madrasah for free, can I go? He is not giving me money, just a scholarship sort of thing.
Q: I lost money from my hand bag which I failed to zip up properly when in the shop. Will this lost money be counted as a form of sadaqa for me?