Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A Is It Considered Stealing If I Enter the Bus out a Ticket
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The speaker discusses the importance of fulfilling all commitments to public service, including not being able to use a bus without a ticket. They also mention a similar incident in England where a bus driver used to steal from someone and displace them, causing their mother to insist on paying for the ticket. The speaker emphasizes the need to pay upfront and not allow anyone to steal or displace us.
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There's a question. Is it considered
stealing if I enter the bus without a
ticket
with the permission of the driver. So
the believer does not
lie, cheat or deceive.
And the believer is one who is avid
to fulfill
all rights and responsibility. Allah commands
us.
All you who believe
fully
fulfill
all commitments.
So
you cannot
use
a private or public service without permission and
without fulfilling the condition of usage.
So a bus, for example, or other public
transportation or other private
transfer
transportation, you cannot get on a bus without
paying the ticket.
If for some reason the bus driver allows
you, then one has to consider honestly,
are they allowing you because they have the
permission to do so because the bus driver
acts on behalf of the company?
If they do have your,
you know, the the the company has a
policy that's known that
you can let a certain number of passengers
on for free. I don't know of such
services,
But if they
do, then you can
avail yourself of that rule.
But that tends not to be the case.
But if a bus driver just lets you
on near their neighbor or whatever, a lot
of people don't really care. You know, they
kinda get slack in their work life in
these things. Then even if they
insist on not taking
payment, one must pay oneself.
I remember,
my mother,
Yousaf mentioned there's a bus route when we're
living in England in the eighties.
There was a bus driver from similar ethnic
background to ours,
but not quite the same.
And
he he would refuse to take to take
payment from my mother,
and they used to have bus conductors. They
used to go around taking a fare. He
refused. My mother would insist on paying.
And, eventually, you know, he said that, auntie,
these guys stole from us and displace us
from our lands and this and that, whatever.
And he said, you know, auntie, when
Allah is all merciful,
the donkey even the donkey becomes mighty.
When Allah is all merciful,
even the
donkey is truly powerful.
But my my mother said, oh, that that's
all fine and dandy. She insisted on paying,
and that's, you know, and that's what we
learn
in life. Pay up.