Is it permissible for a son to eat from his father's money, when the father works in trade and some of his transactions may contain something forbidden?
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Question:
My father works in trade, and some of the commercial transactions may contain something forbidden. Is it permissible to eat from my father's money?
Answer:
If it is your father's money, if you have a means of sustenance other than him, if you have a means of sustenance other than your father, praise be to Allah, take from your own money and leave what is doubtful. But if you do not have a means of sustenance other than your father, and he has lawful money and forbidden money, it is permissible for you to eat from it, except if you know that this money is from the forbidden, then do not eat from it. As for what you do not know, it is permissible for you to eat from it. But if all of his money is forbidden and there is nothing lawful in it, it is not permissible for you to eat from it. Yes.
My father works in trade, and some of the commercial transactions may contain something forbidden. Is it permissible to eat from my father's money?
Answer:
If it is your father's money, if you have a means of sustenance other than him, if you have a means of sustenance other than your father, praise be to Allah, take from your own money and leave what is doubtful. But if you do not have a means of sustenance other than your father, and he has lawful money and forbidden money, it is permissible for you to eat from it, except if you know that this money is from the forbidden, then do not eat from it. As for what you do not know, it is permissible for you to eat from it. But if all of his money is forbidden and there is nothing lawful in it, it is not permissible for you to eat from it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز للابن الأكل من مال والده الذي يعمل في التجارة، وقد يدخل في بعض معاملاته شيء من الحرام؟ — youtube.com
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