Explaining how to dispose of riba (usury or interest) money after repentance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what does it mean to choose?
Answer:
It means he repents. The condition is that he repents and stops. As for saying, "I will not give up my riba, and I will not give up what comes to me from riba, but I will give it in charity," this is not permissible. However, if he has money from riba and then repents and feels remorse, he disposes of it by putting it into beneficial projects or giving it to the poor. Yes. But he does not put it in the mosque. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what does it mean to choose?
Answer:
It means he repents. The condition is that he repents and stops. As for saying, "I will not give up my riba, and I will not give up what comes to me from riba, but I will give it in charity," this is not permissible. However, if he has money from riba and then repents and feels remorse, he disposes of it by putting it into beneficial projects or giving it to the poor. Yes. But he does not put it in the mosque. Yes.
Source
شرح عمدة الفقه لابن قدامة، شرح عمدة الفقه 30-05-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (53:54)
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