Purifying Riba Money and the Weakness of the Hadith About the Garment Containing a Dirham of Forbidden Money
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The questioner:
Please respond to those who say that riba (usury or interest) money can be purified after receiving the profits, and that the hadith about the garment containing a dirham of forbidden money is a weak hadith. He asks: What is the answer to that?
The Shaykh:
Look at the hadith once. Who narrated the hadith? They do not consider the hadith anything but weak. If the hadith were fabricated, they would say it is authentic. Yes.
The questioner:
It says: It was narrated by Imam Ahmad, and in the marginal notes, a comment was attached to it.
The Shaykh:
The months.
The questioner:
It says: It was reported by Ahmad, al-Bayhaqi, 'Abd ibn Hamid, and al-Khatib. In its chain of narration is Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid. Al-Bayhaqi said: Baqiyyah narrated it uniquely with this chain of narration, and it is a weak chain of narration, and Imam Ahmad weakened the hadith. Ibn 'Abd al-Hadi said in al-Tanqih: Abu Talib asked Abu 'Abdillah about this hadith, and he said: It is nothing; it has no chain of narration.
The Shaykh:
Yes, and the text of the hadith is:
The questioner:
Mishkat al-Masabih 2789.
The Shaykh:
The hadith, as you know, is from Ibn 'Umar, who is a person of scrupulousness and trustworthiness (may Allah be pleased with him). He invoked a curse upon himself if he had not heard it from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the fact that the narrator is weak.
So, if the text is clear, the text is now clear that Ibn 'Umar was certain of this. The chain of narration comes to support this hadith regarding the prohibition of forbidden money, the use of forbidden money, and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) when he ate something forbidden without knowing it. The one who brought it told him that it was from divination he had practiced in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. He had a slave who earned for him, so the slave brought him food and he ate it. Then his slave, or the one who brought it, told him that he had done divination for people in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and they had given him this food. So Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) put his fingers in his throat and vomited up the food, and said: If it did not come out except with my soul, I would have brought it out.
I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Every bodyAl-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 31:97. So it is not permissible to use it. And riba (usury or interest), I seek refuge in Allah, is a vile selection of earnings; the selection of earnings is riba by the Book, the Sunnah, and scholarly consensus. It does not purify them. What purifies riba? Nothing purifies it. Riba is illicit gain, so this talk is not permissible. If you repent from this riba and it is with you, get rid of it; do not keep it in your possession. Get rid of it by placing it in a general project from the projects, like lost money that belongs to no one. Yes.
Please respond to those who say that riba (usury or interest) money can be purified after receiving the profits, and that the hadith about the garment containing a dirham of forbidden money is a weak hadith. He asks: What is the answer to that?
The Shaykh:
Look at the hadith once. Who narrated the hadith? They do not consider the hadith anything but weak. If the hadith were fabricated, they would say it is authentic. Yes.
The questioner:
It says: It was narrated by Imam Ahmad, and in the marginal notes, a comment was attached to it.
The Shaykh:
The months.
The questioner:
It says: It was reported by Ahmad, al-Bayhaqi, 'Abd ibn Hamid, and al-Khatib. In its chain of narration is Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid. Al-Bayhaqi said: Baqiyyah narrated it uniquely with this chain of narration, and it is a weak chain of narration, and Imam Ahmad weakened the hadith. Ibn 'Abd al-Hadi said in al-Tanqih: Abu Talib asked Abu 'Abdillah about this hadith, and he said: It is nothing; it has no chain of narration.
The Shaykh:
Yes, and the text of the hadith is:
The questioner:
Ibn 'Umar said that if anyone buys a garment for ten dirhams among which is one unlawfully acquired, God most high will not accept prayer from him as long as he wears it. He then put a finger in each ear and said, “May they become deaf if the Prophet was not the one I heard say it!”
ابن عمر قال من اشترى ثوبا بعشرة دراهم وفيه درهم حرام لم يقبل الله له صلاة ما دام عليه، ثم أدخل أصبعيه في أذنيه وقال صمتا إن لم يكن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سمعته يقوله رواه أحمدThe Shaykh:
The hadith, as you know, is from Ibn 'Umar, who is a person of scrupulousness and trustworthiness (may Allah be pleased with him). He invoked a curse upon himself if he had not heard it from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the fact that the narrator is weak.
So, if the text is clear, the text is now clear that Ibn 'Umar was certain of this. The chain of narration comes to support this hadith regarding the prohibition of forbidden money, the use of forbidden money, and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) when he ate something forbidden without knowing it. The one who brought it told him that it was from divination he had practiced in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. He had a slave who earned for him, so the slave brought him food and he ate it. Then his slave, or the one who brought it, told him that he had done divination for people in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and they had given him this food. So Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) put his fingers in his throat and vomited up the food, and said: If it did not come out except with my soul, I would have brought it out.
I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Every body
It grew from illicit gain; the Fire is more fitting for him.
نَبَتَ مِنْ سُحْتٍ النَّارُ أَوْلَى بِهِ
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شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب استحباب الصلاة في ثوبين وجوازها في الثوب الواحد — islamhouse.com (1:02:19)
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