One who has riba (usury or interest) money and wants to get rid of it: what should he do?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: One who has riba money and wants to get rid of it, what should he do?
The Shaykh:
One who has what?
The questioner:
One who has riba money and wants to get rid of it, what should he do?
The Shaykh:
If he repents to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and he has wealth he gathered from riba or from other sources of what is forbidden, he gets rid of it by placing it in projects that benefit people and benefit Muslims, like lost money is placed in public utilities, or he distributes it to the poor, like lost money, so they benefit from it. Yes. And he has no reward in that; it is only getting rid of it. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: One who has riba money and wants to get rid of it, what should he do?
The Shaykh:
One who has what?
The questioner:
One who has riba money and wants to get rid of it, what should he do?
The Shaykh:
If he repents to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and he has wealth he gathered from riba or from other sources of what is forbidden, he gets rid of it by placing it in projects that benefit people and benefit Muslims, like lost money is placed in public utilities, or he distributes it to the poor, like lost money, so they benefit from it. Yes. And he has no reward in that; it is only getting rid of it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [340 -954] من كان عنده مالٌ ربوي وأراد التخلص منه، فكيف يصنع؟ - الشيخ صالح الفزان — youtube.com
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