A fine for a fundraiser’s mistake

Question

Zayd and Bakr undertake a long journey to collect donations for the madrasa, expecting that two thousand rupees will certainly be raised. But after seventeen days of running about, the total donations come to about six hundred and fifty rupees, while the expenses come to roughly two hundred rupees, and not a single rupee was spent impermissibly.

Answer

The fundraiser made a mistake, albeit with good intention. Now let them correct it. A fine should not be exacted from the fundraiser.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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