Prohibition of continuing in riba (usury or interest) on the pretext of spending it on public benefits, and the permissibility of giving it in charity after repentance

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Does the fact that the imam spends the funds of the shrines on jihad and public benefits make it permissible to take the riba (usury or interest) bank profits and give them to the poor and needy, build mosques, and do other such things?

Answer:
If the owner repents with a sincere repentance and has accumulated wealth from riba (usury or interest), what should he do with it? He should place it in public benefits if he has repented. As for saying, "I will not stop taking the profits and will spend them on public benefits," this is not permissible. He continues in riba (usury or interest), takes the riba (usury or interest), and says, "I will spend it on public benefits." No, this is not permissible. Yes, but if he repents and severs the transaction, and he has wealth, what does he do with it? It is placed in the interests of the Muslims. Yes.