The common people's claim that lawful money does not burn or collapse
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: The common people, or it is on the tongues of the common people, that if a person's car burns or his house collapses, they say, "This is haram (forbidden) money. Lawful money does not burn, and the house does not collapse." He asks: Is there any clarification on this?
Answer:
Who says this? The house collapses even if it is from lawful sources, and the car burns even if it is from lawful sources. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: The common people, or it is on the tongues of the common people, that if a person's car burns or his house collapses, they say, "This is haram (forbidden) money. Lawful money does not burn, and the house does not collapse." He asks: Is there any clarification on this?
Answer:
Who says this? The house collapses even if it is from lawful sources, and the car burns even if it is from lawful sources. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وقد أخبر - صلى لله عليه وسلم - أن طائفة من أمته تستحل الربا باسم البيع — islamhouse.com (1:02:48)
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