Ruling on taking a loan to pay off a previous debt
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The questioner:
Salih, may Allah preserve you. The listener Abu al-Az says: I have a sum of thirty-eight thousand that is not mine, and it was stolen from my car, and I was forced to pay it off. I was compelled to take a short-term loan to pay it, and the debts multiplied due to my inability to pay them off until they reached one hundred and twenty thousand. My worries increased, and I made supplication but it was not answered. Please advise me on what I should do?
The Shaykh:
If you are unable to pay, then you are excused, and praise be to Allah. [He is given] a respite until ease,[Al-Baqarah 2:280], and your debts are not to be compounded upon you. If you are able to pay the debt, [you must do so], and if you are not able, then there is no blame on you. Yes.
The questioner:
Is he not obligated to take on other debts until he pays this one off?
The Shaykh:
He is not obligated to do that.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Salih, may Allah preserve you. The listener Abu al-Az says: I have a sum of thirty-eight thousand that is not mine, and it was stolen from my car, and I was forced to pay it off. I was compelled to take a short-term loan to pay it, and the debts multiplied due to my inability to pay them off until they reached one hundred and twenty thousand. My worries increased, and I made supplication but it was not answered. Please advise me on what I should do?
The Shaykh:
If you are unable to pay, then you are excused, and praise be to Allah. [He is given] a respite until ease,
And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement until [a time of] ease.
وَإِن كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍThe questioner:
Is he not obligated to take on other debts until he pays this one off?
The Shaykh:
He is not obligated to do that.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7492 — youtube.com (3:00)
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