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Extra Funds in My Account

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Assalamualaykum

Hope Muftisaab is well.

I have an account in a transport company. I always ensuring that I pay on time alhumdullilah.

However now the company says I have a credit of R1000 for example, and I did not make that payment. We have checked for Proof of Payments and I cannot find that I have paid that amount. I have been to the transport company and told them that I did not make the payment. However they insist that it is mines under my account.

Am I allowed to use this money/credit or not?

Jazakallah

As salām ʿalaikum wa raḥmatullāhī wa barakātuhu

In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

You should make every effort to locate the rightful owner of the money by inquiring from your company and using any other method which may lead you to its owner. Continue with this effort for a full year.

If after one year the owner could not be identified, then you may set the money aside with the intention of returning it whenever its rightful owner is found or you may donate the amount as Ṣadaqah on behalf of him. If you are in need, you are permitted to use the funds yourself.

And Allāh Taʿālā knows best.