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One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

Asallam o alaikum,

I have one question: is it permissible to take stationary things from office to give it your needy family member. For example, color pencils, sharpener etc

Why I ask this question is; these things are available in bulk in the offices and sometime getting wasted, is it wrong to give those things in right hands those who really need them and know their values. Please advice.

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Answer:

Give office stationary to friends

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

If you are the sole owner of the company, you are well within your rights to give whatever you own to whomever you will and please.

But if you work for someone in an office, you have absolutely no right to take something, even if it be as insignificant as a pencil, which does not personally belong to you and give it to someone else without the precise permission of the owners. If you were to do such a thing, it would be considered a theft in the Sight of Allah Subhanah and in the Sight of Shariah Law.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan