Theft via the Internet and the Application of Hadd – IslamonLine.net – Ask The Scholar
Theft through the Internet is unaccepted in Islam. With its different forms, whether what is called plagiarism or stealing money by way of credit cards or withdrawing cash from ATMs, theft is all impermissible. People should necessarily avoid these forms of larceny if they sincerely want Islam to become dominating.
In his answer to your question, Dr. Rajab Abu Maleeh, Shari`ah consultant at IslamOnline.net, stated,
Linguistically, theft means stealthy appropriation of another’s property. Technically, it means the sane adult person’s secret appropriation of a safeguarded nisab (the minimum amount of property stolen, which entails execution of the prescribed penalty for theft) — that is, taking it from the safe place where the money is kept — or secret appropriation of an amount equal to the nisab owned by another, while there is not the least doubt that it does not belong to him or her (the thief).
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