{"id":2150,"date":"2019-10-16T10:08:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T08:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2019-10-16T10:08:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T08:08:37","slug":"if-a-debtor-cannot-locate-his-creditor-to-return-his-money-what-should-he-do-with-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=2150","title":{"rendered":"If a debtor cannot locate his creditor to return his money, what should he do with the money?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>If a debtor cannot locate his creditor to return his money, what should he do with the money?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q. Mufti Saheb, I took a loan from someone a few years ago. Unfortunately, I cannot locate him now to pay him back the loan. <\/strong><strong>What do I do? Please advise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A.<\/strong> As a debtor, you should exercise all possible avenues in getting in touch with your creditor.<\/p>\n<p>However, if it is not possible for you to do so, then as a debtor, you may absolve yourself from the situation by giving the money to the poor and needy as Sadaqah (charity) <strong><em>(Shaami)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Allah Ta\u2019ala Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mufti Ismaeel Bassa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>themufti.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a debtor cannot locate his creditor to return his money, what should he do with the money? Q. Mufti Saheb, I took a loan from<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2151,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions\/2151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}