What should the owner do with money whose source is riba (usury or interest) after repenting, if he is unable to reach its owners?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. What should the owner do with money whose source is riba after repenting, if he is unable to reach its owners?
Answer:
Or perhaps you mean... If he repents to Allah and has money he collected from riba, he must dispose of this money by placing it in one of the public projects, thereby getting rid of it, or by giving it to those in need. This is not given as voluntary charity, but rather to dispose of it and for these needy people to benefit from it. As for if he repents and has riba money in the debts of people, or with people, it is not permissible for him to take it; rather, he must leave the riba. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ahzab 33:70] and leave the remaining riba, meaning that which is in the debts of people, if you are believers [Al-Baqarah 2:278-279] Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. What should the owner do with money whose source is riba after repenting, if he is unable to reach its owners?
Answer:
Or perhaps you mean... If he repents to Allah and has money he collected from riba, he must dispose of this money by placing it in one of the public projects, thereby getting rid of it, or by giving it to those in need. This is not given as voluntary charity, but rather to dispose of it and for these needy people to benefit from it. As for if he repents and has riba money in the debts of people, or with people, it is not permissible for him to take it; rather, he must leave the riba. Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, fear Allah
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ(278) O you who have believed, fear Allah and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers. (279) And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allah and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، الأموال التي مصدرها الربا ماذا يعمل بها صاحبها بعد التوبة إذا لم يقدر أن يتوصل إلى أصحابها؟ الفوزان — youtube.com
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