Repaying a debt to a habitual drinker
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from France says: I have a debt to a man who is a habitual drinker, and I am certain that if I repay this debt and give it to him, he will buy intoxicants with it. So should I repay him this money, or is it not permissible?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. Repay him, and it is his responsibility and his sin. You know your own state. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from France says: I have a debt to a man who is a habitual drinker, and I am certain that if I repay this debt and give it to him, he will buy intoxicants with it. So should I repay him this money, or is it not permissible?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. Repay him, and it is his responsibility and his sin. You know your own state. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده ومصايده ما فتن به عشاق الصور — islamhouse.com (1:16:38)
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