The ruling on taking the profits from riba (usury or interest) bank deposits and disposing of them
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The questioner:
The questioner says: A man deposited one million riyals in his bank account. At the end of the year, he found that there was an excess of fifty thousand riyals over the amount. He found that there were fifty thousand riyals more than the amount he had deposited. When he asked the bank, they said that these are profits. His question is: Do I take this amount?
The Shaykh:
Do not take it. Take only your principal. You have your principals. Take your principal and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible for me to take it and distribute it to the needy?
The Shaykh:
No, no, do not take it, and do not distribute it to the needy. Leave it for them so that they may burn in Hellfire.
The questioner says: A man deposited one million riyals in his bank account. At the end of the year, he found that there was an excess of fifty thousand riyals over the amount. He found that there were fifty thousand riyals more than the amount he had deposited. When he asked the bank, they said that these are profits. His question is: Do I take this amount?
The Shaykh:
Do not take it. Take only your principal. You have your principals. Take your principal and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible for me to take it and distribute it to the needy?
The Shaykh:
No, no, do not take it, and do not distribute it to the needy. Leave it for them so that they may burn in Hellfire.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1716] حكم أخذ أرباح الودائع البنكية الربوية والتصرف فيها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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