Paying a debt to a disbeliever government with the added amounts
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. A person has a debt to a disbeliever government and cannot pay the debt now. As the time passes, they increase the debt. The question is: if I pay them the amount, do I have to pay them these added amounts?
Answer:
We do not know. If they accept the principal, what is obligatory for you is to pay them the principal. And if they force you to pay the increase, you can get rid of it because you are coerced.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. A person has a debt to a disbeliever government and cannot pay the debt now. As the time passes, they increase the debt. The question is: if I pay them the amount, do I have to pay them these added amounts?
Answer:
We do not know. If they accept the principal, what is obligatory for you is to pay them the principal. And if they force you to pay the increase, you can get rid of it because you are coerced.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/86 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:02:15)
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