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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to take the money of a slave if it is from riba (usury or interest)?

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Question:
Is it permissible to take the money of a slave if it is from riba (usury or interest)?

Answer:
What do you take? You take the money of the slave. It is not permissible to take riba (usury or interest) in any case, neither from the money of a slave nor from anyone else. If you know that it is riba (usury or interest), it is not permissible for you to take it. When the slave of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) brought food and Abu Bakr ate from it, the slave then explained that it was from fortune-telling in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), so Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) vomited it up. It is not said, "This is the money of a slave" or "the earnings of a slave." It is not permissible; the forbidden is not permissible. It is not permissible for you to eat the forbidden or take the forbidden. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز أخذ مال العبد إذا كان من الربا؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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