Ruling on disposing of haram (forbidden) wealth collected by a female questioner
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Question:
A female questioner asks a long question, stating that she is married to a stingy husband. He was not this husband. Or that he would stand over her, which forced her to resort to some bad means of earning a livelihood. She says that her children informed her, after learning of it, that the way she obtained this wealth is not permissible, and that it is a forbidden act. She says she left that way,
Answer:
and reconsidered, so she repented to Allah from it. Her question now is: Is it obligatory for her and her children to dispose of this wealth that she collected? She must repent to Allah and return the wealth to its owners, if it was stolen or plundered, or return it to its owners. She must repent to Allah. If the sale was forbidden and the transactions were forbidden, she must repent to Allah from that, and repentance annuls what came before it. We ask Allah for safety and well-being. A person says he intended
A female questioner asks a long question, stating that she is married to a stingy husband. He was not this husband. Or that he would stand over her, which forced her to resort to some bad means of earning a livelihood. She says that her children informed her, after learning of it, that the way she obtained this wealth is not permissible, and that it is a forbidden act. She says she left that way,
Answer:
and reconsidered, so she repented to Allah from it. Her question now is: Is it obligatory for her and her children to dispose of this wealth that she collected? She must repent to Allah and return the wealth to its owners, if it was stolen or plundered, or return it to its owners. She must repent to Allah. If the sale was forbidden and the transactions were forbidden, she must repent to Allah from that, and repentance annuls what came before it. We ask Allah for safety and well-being. A person says he intended
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مفتوح لابن باز ٣-٩-١٤١٧ هـ — archive.org (29:03)
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