What is the ruling on disposing of an item one believes to belong to someone else, but later inherits or discovers to be one's own property?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Gifts and Donations

Book 28 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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The same two legal opinions apply when a person disposes of property they believed belonged to their father (who subsequently passed away, making them the heir) or disposes of a usurped item believing it to be usurped, only to discover it was their own property.