Getting rid of riba (usury or interest) profits after repentance
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is a man who used to deal in riba (usury or interest), and I seek refuge in Allah from that. He repented to Allah and took his principal capital, and he wants to get rid of the profits. Is it permissible for these profits to be taken and given to a man who is in debt, from the money, as a way of getting rid of unlawful money?
Answer:
If it is from riba (usury or interest) and he has money that came to him from the people, then he should place it and get rid of it in a public project to dispose of it, because it is lost money that he does not own, so it is placed in public projects. As for the riba (usury or interest) that he has not received, it is not permissible for him to receive it after repentance, so let him leave it,[Al-Baqarah 2:279].
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is a man who used to deal in riba (usury or interest), and I seek refuge in Allah from that. He repented to Allah and took his principal capital, and he wants to get rid of the profits. Is it permissible for these profits to be taken and given to a man who is in debt, from the money, as a way of getting rid of unlawful money?
Answer:
If it is from riba (usury or interest) and he has money that came to him from the people, then he should place it and get rid of it in a public project to dispose of it, because it is lost money that he does not own, so it is placed in public projects. As for the riba (usury or interest) that he has not received, it is not permissible for him to receive it after repentance, so let him leave it,
But if you repent, you may have your principal
وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [51] — alfawzan.live (1:15:47)
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