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Taking from Others' Possessions Under the Pretext of Recovering One's Right
If a person works for a company and this company does not give him his due rights and promised him that it would give him his rights but did not, and then terminated his service, is he entitled to take from what is in his possession of the company's belongings to recover the rights he was unable to obtain?
Answer
I say, and with God's help: It is permissible for him to claim his right from the one who wronged him and did not return it. However, does this apply to the questioner or not? And does someone like him cause a bigger problem or not? Therefore, he should not take what is in his hands if his right is in doubt, and if taking it in this way causes problems with undesirable consequences. And God knows best.
