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Q 1: A person works in a governmental company. The company's warehouseman used to give him from the tools of the company and he himself used to take some of the tools (Part No. 15; Page No. 358) without telling the officials. The warehouseman is also an employee in the same company. This person regrets what he has done and wonders how he can return the tools he has taken from the company especially that the company has started stocktaking all the tools in the company. He does not know what tools and how many tools he has taken. We need your advice as regards what he should do. Is it permissible for him to spend a sum of money as an act of charity to the poor instead of the tools he has taken?

A: You have to return the tools you have taken from the company or the value of these tools. If you can not return the tools or their value to the company, you may give its value to the poor as Sadaqah (voluntary charity) on behalf of the company. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.