Who says: Riba is forbidden, but I will not give it up; is he a disbeliever?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Who says that the one who persists in a major sin is a disbeliever, so the one who says that riba (usury or interest) is forbidden but he will not give it up, is he a disbeliever? Is his statement correct?
Answer:
No, that is not correct; this is invalid. If he does not consider riba permissible and commits it out of desire for money, then he is a doer of a major sin and threatened with severe warning, but he is not a disbeliever. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Who says that the one who persists in a major sin is a disbeliever, so the one who says that riba (usury or interest) is forbidden but he will not give it up, is he a disbeliever? Is his statement correct?
Answer:
No, that is not correct; this is invalid. If he does not consider riba permissible and commits it out of desire for money, then he is a doer of a major sin and threatened with severe warning, but he is not a disbeliever. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [222 -308] من يقول: إن الربا حرام، ولكن لن أتركه؛ هل يكفر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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