Q: I would like to inform you that I have been working for a long time as a civil servant in the financial department of governmental organizations. I unlawfully took some money and then utterly regretted what I did. It happened later that I was transferred from the financial department to another department. On my part, I asked many sheikhs concerning the legal opinion in this regard. They told me that I must return the money I took to the owners and seek their forgiveness. I tried my best to do that, but to no avail. I fear that if I give it to the head of the organization, he will fire me. Allah alone knows that I and my family are only sustained by the salary I get from my job. Thus, I submit my problem (Part No. 23; Page No. 432) before you. I ask if I may use this money in building or refurbishing a Masjid (mosque), or give it to the Mujahideen (those fighting in the Cause of Allah) or the poor, bearing in mind that this sum of money is less than forty thousand SR. I hope from Allah, then you, that you will give me the legal Fatwa as to what I can do in this regard. May Allah guide you to success.