Hajj with a prize from a riba (usury or interest) bank
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Question:
This questioner asks: Muhammad, the Shaykh, I have a relative who entered a competition held by one of the riba banks, and the prize was Hajj to the House of Allah. It is known that he had not performed Hajj before. Is this Hajj valid and does it count as fulfilling the obligatory duty, or does he owe it? They took us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The Hajj is valid, and taking riba is forbidden. He must repent to Allah specifically. If he had performed Hajj with someone who is in a state of ihram, his Hajj would be valid, but it would have been a deficient Hajj, at risk of not being accepted. We ask Allah for safety.
Therefore, a person should not perform Hajj with ill-gotten earnings. He should seek lawful earnings and not eat from riba, nor work for riba, nor possess anything from riba. He should seek lawful earnings from the work of his hands, from what Allah has provided him through the work of his hands, from money he inherited, or a gift that came to him from one who is pious in Allah. He should perform Hajj with lawful money, not money from riba, nor money in which he committed theft, or acquired through smoking, or shaving beards, or other vile earnings. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner asks: Muhammad, the Shaykh, I have a relative who entered a competition held by one of the riba banks, and the prize was Hajj to the House of Allah. It is known that he had not performed Hajj before. Is this Hajj valid and does it count as fulfilling the obligatory duty, or does he owe it? They took us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The Hajj is valid, and taking riba is forbidden. He must repent to Allah specifically. If he had performed Hajj with someone who is in a state of ihram, his Hajj would be valid, but it would have been a deficient Hajj, at risk of not being accepted. We ask Allah for safety.
Therefore, a person should not perform Hajj with ill-gotten earnings. He should seek lawful earnings and not eat from riba, nor work for riba, nor possess anything from riba. He should seek lawful earnings from the work of his hands, from what Allah has provided him through the work of his hands, from money he inherited, or a gift that came to him from one who is pious in Allah. He should perform Hajj with lawful money, not money from riba, nor money in which he committed theft, or acquired through smoking, or shaving beards, or other vile earnings. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 7 (2) — archive.org (22:44)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.