The Ruling on Giving Riba Money as Charity to the Poor
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man gave me seventy thousand riyals as charity, and he said it was from haram (forbidden) money, from riba (usury or interest). I have very needy poor people. Is it permissible for me to give them this money that was given to me?
Answer:
Yes, yes. This is like lost money. This is like lost money that is given for public benefit, given to the poor and the needy, given for public interests and projects. It is lost money that has no owner, because riba has no owner. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man gave me seventy thousand riyals as charity, and he said it was from haram (forbidden) money, from riba (usury or interest). I have very needy poor people. Is it permissible for me to give them this money that was given to me?
Answer:
Yes, yes. This is like lost money. This is like lost money that is given for public benefit, given to the poor and the needy, given for public interests and projects. It is lost money that has no owner, because riba has no owner. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (46:53)
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