The ruling on a borrower giving a gift after repaying the loan
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a man lends money to another, and the borrower repays the loan when the due date arrives, and then, after a period of time following the repayment, the borrower gives the lender a gift as a return of kindness, is it permissible for him to lend?
Answer:
If it is their custom to give gifts, then there is no harm. However, if it is not their custom, and he only gave him a gift because he lent him money, then this is not permissible.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a man lends money to another, and the borrower repays the loan when the due date arrives, and then, after a period of time following the repayment, the borrower gives the lender a gift as a return of kindness, is it permissible for him to lend?
Answer:
If it is their custom to give gifts, then there is no harm. However, if it is not their custom, and he only gave him a gift because he lent him money, then this is not permissible.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (55:06)
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