Is there a repentance for one who has consumed riba?
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Question : Hello. Is there a repentance, Honorable Shaykh, or an expiation, if a person commits this and uses this riba?
Answer : Yes. He has a repentance: the person should repent to his Lord and give out the riba that he received, as long as he knows that it is riba. If he was ignorant and did not know that it was riba, and it came to him, and then it became clear to him afterwards that it was riba, there is no blame on him for keeping this riba, because he acquired it in a way he did not know about, and he has repented to Allah. And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:279]
Answer : Yes. He has a repentance: the person should repent to his Lord and give out the riba that he received, as long as he knows that it is riba. If he was ignorant and did not know that it was riba, and it came to him, and then it became clear to him afterwards that it was riba, there is no blame on him for keeping this riba, because he acquired it in a way he did not know about, and he has repented to Allah. And Allah the Exalted said:
if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1894- هل لمن اكل الربا توبا /سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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