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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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One who suffers losses in a project and has debts

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Question:
I started a poultry farm project, and I sold my house and my commercial shops. I suffered several losses due to diseases in the poultry, and one of the pens collapsed. I was forced to borrow money, and I was forced to take goods, which compelled me to sell the farm. It does not cost me to prostrate for my debts, and people have debts upon me that have exhausted and distressed me. The point is, I ask for guidance on what I should do in this situation?

Answer:
As long as you seek lawful earnings and desire lawful sustenance, you are on the right path. What has befallen you expiates your sins and breaks the record of transgressions. People may consider it a great matter, but the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) borrowed money. The Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Muslims all engage in borrowing. Even the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) died with his armor pledged to a Jew for food. The Companions, including al-Zubayr and others, borrowed money, and a group of the Companions died with debts upon them. If you seek the good for the Muslims, seek lawful earnings, and spend lawful money, and then Allah sends you some losses, know that this is a trial and a test. It may be due to your sins, your negligence in the matter of Allah, and the disobedience you have committed, so this serves as an expiation for you, and Allah will fulfill it for you (Glorified and Exalted is He). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever takes the money of the people with the intention of repaying it, Allah will repay it on his behalf, and whoever takes it in order to spoil it, then Allah will spoil him.من أخذ أموال الناس يريد أداءها أدى الله عنه ومن أخذ يريد إتلافها أتلفه الله
Sahih al-Bukhari 2387
. So, whoever takes the money of people intending to repay it, Allah will repay it for him. Whoever takes it intending to destroy it, Allah will destroy him. If you rectify your intention, seek the Face of Allah, seek lawful earnings, and strive in seeking lawful earnings, then rejoice in the good. What has befallen you is an expiation, and the loss will be returned to you by Allah, and He will compensate you (Glorified and Exalted is He). So, you must have a good intention, you must have sincerity and truthfulness, you must seek lawful earnings, and you must investigate matters, but through beneficial means and by consulting with your good brothers. Rejoice in the good, if Allah wills.
Source ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 45 — archive.org (4:34)

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