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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is accepting a gift from a disbeliever analogous to accepting maintenance from one who works in riba (usury or interest)?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Do we analogize accepting a gift from disbelievers to accepting maintenance from a father, or a husband, or a brother who works in a riba (usury or interest) bank?

Answer:
No. We do not know it to be forbidden. Even from disbelievers, if we know that it is forbidden, we do not take it. But the default, if we do not know, is that there is no harm. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2981] هل يُقاس قبول هدية الكافر على قبول النفقة ممن يعمل في الربا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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