Is it permissible to lend a person money to pay off his debt from a riba (usury or interest) loan?
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Question:
A person says: A man took out a riba (usury or interest) loan to buy a house. Is it permissible for me to lend this man a sum of money so that he can pay off that debt? Knowing that he does not consider riba (usury or interest) transactions in house purchase contracts to be forbidden.
Answer:
Do not help him in what is forbidden.[Al-Ma'idah 5:2] But if he bought a house with riba (usury or interest) and then repented to Allah and regretted it, and he is unable to pay it off while being demanded the debt, you help him because he repented to Allah and knew his sin. Yes. Honorable Shaykh. The one who says, "No, it does not contradict riba (usury or interest), it does not contradict," it is not permissible for you to help him. Yes.
A person says: A man took out a riba (usury or interest) loan to buy a house. Is it permissible for me to lend this man a sum of money so that he can pay off that debt? Knowing that he does not consider riba (usury or interest) transactions in house purchase contracts to be forbidden.
Answer:
Do not help him in what is forbidden.
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز إقراض شخص ليقضي دينه من القرض الربوي؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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