Deposits and Loaned Properties: Returning or Compensating for Unreturned Government Property After Service

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Deposits and Loaned Properties: Returning or Compensating for Unreturned Government Property After Service

English:

Question #1810:

While I was doing my national service, I received some personal effects. However, after completing my service, I failed to hand those items back to my military unit. What should I do? Would it be sufficient to pay the value of the items in money to the Treasury?

Answer #1810:

In case the items were given to you by the army barracks as a loan, it is obligatory on you to return the very items if they are still with you. If not, in that they have been either damaged or lost due to negligence or delay in returning, you have to pay them the equivalent value of these items. Otherwise, you need not worry.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Deposits and Loaned Properties