Taking from social security when the family is not poor
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: My family takes from social security, and they are not poor or needy. Should I speak to them about taking this money? Is it forbidden for them? Knowing, Shaykh, that my father buys clothes for himself with this money and prays in them. When I advise them, they say, "We are in need." What is your opinion?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the system that is...
The questioner:
Social security.
The Shaykh:
Social security has a system established by the government. If the system for receiving social security applies to them, it is lawful. But if it does not apply to them, and they lied or resorted to deception, it is forbidden and not permissible for them. Yes. This is the rule. If the system applies to him, what he takes is lawful. If it does not apply to him, but he lied or resorted to deception, or if it applied to him at first and then he became wealthy, Allah the Exalted has enriched him, then it is not permissible for him to do so, and convey this to them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: My family takes from social security, and they are not poor or needy. Should I speak to them about taking this money? Is it forbidden for them? Knowing, Shaykh, that my father buys clothes for himself with this money and prays in them. When I advise them, they say, "We are in need." What is your opinion?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the system that is...
The questioner:
Social security.
The Shaykh:
Social security has a system established by the government. If the system for receiving social security applies to them, it is lawful. But if it does not apply to them, and they lied or resorted to deception, it is forbidden and not permissible for them. Yes. This is the rule. If the system applies to him, what he takes is lawful. If it does not apply to him, but he lied or resorted to deception, or if it applied to him at first and then he became wealthy, Allah the Exalted has enriched him, then it is not permissible for him to do so, and convey this to them. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب استحباب الصلاة في ثوبين وجوازها في الثوب الواحد — islamhouse.com (56:28)
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