The Ruling on Taking the Interest of Riba-Based Banks
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is it permissible to take the lists of linguistic lessons to build on the markets of the sons' news, and what about the doubt regarding that?
Answer:
It is not permissible to eat the interest of riba, even if one who issues a fatwa among those called scholars—though they are not scholars but are called so—has issued a ruling on it. I do not know of a true scholar who has issued a fatwa permitting the interest of riba; it may be one of the pretenders to knowledge who issued such a ruling, but his statement is not a basis for action. Even if we assume he is a deeply knowledgeable scholar and issued a wrong fatwa, it is not permissible for us to act upon it, even if he is a deeply knowledgeable scholar. This is because Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "We are all one who is refuted and one who refutes, except the one of this grave," meaning the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Imam al-Shafi'i said, "If my statement contradicts the statement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I cast my statement to the winds, so if the hadith is authentic, it is my madhhab." The point is that the criterion is not the fatwa, but the evidence. There is no value in a fatwa unless it is supported by valid evidence from the words of Allah or the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). As for a fatwa without evidence, it is not accepted from whatever source it comes, especially if the mufti is not known for knowledge and has no standing among the scholars. The matter in this is very serious. Yes.
No, he does not take it. If we open the door, we open the door to riba, and everyone says, "I am giving it in charity," and then he spends it and says, "By Allah, this is tranquility; I gave it all in charity," or "I took some of it," and then he says, "No, I took the basket." Do not open the door, because if the door is opened, we do not say this is haram or that it is permissible to deal in it. Yes.
Let him benefit from it. If he benefits, you are upon sins and punishments. What are these benefits? These are sins and punishments. Who says these are benefits? The sin has increased. Let him break it, let him bear it, let him carry it. Yes, do you lighten it for him? Meaning, do you want to carry some of it for him? From the moment... Yes, meaning you are carrying it with him, you are not helping. This is the help: if you carry it with him, this is the help.
The idea is that he does not dispose of it. It is haram money that is not disposed of. It is your green money and that is all.[Al-Baqarah 2:279]. It is.
Do not take pride in it at all. If we open the field first to the bathrooms, then they take it to build palaces afterwards, then this is not correct.
Its ruling, as I mentioned to you, is that in matters of disagreement, the one who says it is wrong, but he is not wrong. The important thing is that this is a matter of disagreement, so he is wrong in any case, but he is not declared a disbeliever due to the disagreement among the people of knowledge. There is a difference between a person being wrong and a person being declared a disbeliever.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is it permissible to take the lists of linguistic lessons to build on the markets of the sons' news, and what about the doubt regarding that?
Answer:
It is not permissible to eat the interest of riba, even if one who issues a fatwa among those called scholars—though they are not scholars but are called so—has issued a ruling on it. I do not know of a true scholar who has issued a fatwa permitting the interest of riba; it may be one of the pretenders to knowledge who issued such a ruling, but his statement is not a basis for action. Even if we assume he is a deeply knowledgeable scholar and issued a wrong fatwa, it is not permissible for us to act upon it, even if he is a deeply knowledgeable scholar. This is because Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "We are all one who is refuted and one who refutes, except the one of this grave," meaning the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Imam al-Shafi'i said, "If my statement contradicts the statement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I cast my statement to the winds, so if the hadith is authentic, it is my madhhab." The point is that the criterion is not the fatwa, but the evidence. There is no value in a fatwa unless it is supported by valid evidence from the words of Allah or the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). As for a fatwa without evidence, it is not accepted from whatever source it comes, especially if the mufti is not known for knowledge and has no standing among the scholars. The matter in this is very serious. Yes.
No, he does not take it. If we open the door, we open the door to riba, and everyone says, "I am giving it in charity," and then he spends it and says, "By Allah, this is tranquility; I gave it all in charity," or "I took some of it," and then he says, "No, I took the basket." Do not open the door, because if the door is opened, we do not say this is haram or that it is permissible to deal in it. Yes.
Let him benefit from it. If he benefits, you are upon sins and punishments. What are these benefits? These are sins and punishments. Who says these are benefits? The sin has increased. Let him break it, let him bear it, let him carry it. Yes, do you lighten it for him? Meaning, do you want to carry some of it for him? From the moment... Yes, meaning you are carrying it with him, you are not helping. This is the help: if you carry it with him, this is the help.
The idea is that he does not dispose of it. It is haram money that is not disposed of. It is your green money and that is all.
you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَDo not take pride in it at all. If we open the field first to the bathrooms, then they take it to build palaces afterwards, then this is not correct.
Its ruling, as I mentioned to you, is that in matters of disagreement, the one who says it is wrong, but he is not wrong. The important thing is that this is a matter of disagreement, so he is wrong in any case, but he is not declared a disbeliever due to the disagreement among the people of knowledge. There is a difference between a person being wrong and a person being declared a disbeliever.
Source
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