The Ruling on Paying Insurance in Cases of Necessity
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Question:
It is obligatory for us to obey the one in authority as long as he does not order disobedience. The questioner states that the one in authority has made insurance obligatory for us. If we obey him, we commit a sin, and if we do not obey him, we are unable to carry out our affairs. What is your honorable opinion?
Answer:
If there is harm upon you if you do not carry out the insurance? Allah the Exalted says, except for what you have been compelled to do. Pay the required insurance, but do not benefit from it in any way. If you need something, pay for it from your own money, not from the money of insurance companies, which is the money of people. You are paying it for the sake of necessity and to obtain your essential matters. As for benefiting from it, do not benefit from it in any way, because it is forbidden. Thank you.
It is obligatory for us to obey the one in authority as long as he does not order disobedience. The questioner states that the one in authority has made insurance obligatory for us. If we obey him, we commit a sin, and if we do not obey him, we are unable to carry out our affairs. What is your honorable opinion?
Answer:
If there is harm upon you if you do not carry out the insurance? Allah the Exalted says, except for what you have been compelled to do. Pay the required insurance, but do not benefit from it in any way. If you need something, pay for it from your own money, not from the money of insurance companies, which is the money of people. You are paying it for the sake of necessity and to obtain your essential matters. As for benefiting from it, do not benefit from it in any way, because it is forbidden. Thank you.
Source
الفوزان - أسباب الفجوة بين كبار العلماء والصحوة (فتاوى) — archive.org (27:41)
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