Al-Baghdadi responds to a question about the penalty for someone stealing from the public treasury

Fatwa, posted 11.3.2010, from Iraq, in:
Religious Authority: 
Ahmed al-Baghdadi
Website URL: 
http://www.alsaed-albaghdadi.com

If he took only enough for himself and his family, then there is no sin in that.

.اذا إنتزع المال بمقدار ما يحتاجه لنفسه ولعائلته، فلا حد عليه.

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