Fatwa ID: 07249

Answered by: Muftiyah Aabedah Khatun

Question:

As Salaamu Alaykum, if a person took eggs from their grandmother’s house, threw them onto someone else’s house and egg marks may have remained for a long time (weeks or even months) and then rain may have cleared them away, and those people may have moved out now and gone elsewhere yet I wonder if people know them and have contact with them, what to do?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

As this is حقوق العباد and you have to ask for their forgiveness and let them know. So if it is possible for you to come into contact with them then you should do that.

التوبة واجبة من كل ذنب، فإن كانت المعصية بين العبد وبين الله تعالى لا تتعلق بحق آدمي، فلها ثلاثة شروط: احدهما: أن يقلع عن المعصية. والثاني: أن يندم على فعلها. والثالث: أن لا يعود إليها ابدا، فإن فقد أحد الثلاثة لم تصح توبته. وإن كانت المعصية تتعلق بآدمي فشروطها أربعة: هذه الثلاثة وأن يبرأ من حق صاحبها

(Riyaadh Saliheen – page 11 – Darus salaam)

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Muftiyah Aabedah Khatun

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham