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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is obligatory upon the heirs if they inherit money from riba (usury or interest)?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A man inherited money from his father, and among that money was riba money in one of the riba banks. Is it permissible for him to benefit from it, or to get rid of it? And how does he get rid of it?

Answer:
If he took the riba (usury or interest), or if his father took the riba and then died, and the heir finds this riba money, he must get rid of it by placing it in a public project. However, if he did not take the riba, he should leave it
O you who have believed, fear Allah and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers.يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
[Al-Baqarah 2:278]
; he should leave the riba with the usurers to burn them with fire, and not take it. But if he took it, or if his deceased father took it, he must get rid of it by placing it in projects that benefit the public, and he must not return to such a thing. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [61 -560] ما الواجبة على الورثة إذا ورثوا مالا من الربا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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