Collecting money for a debtor from friends, some of whom are reluctant
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: One of our friends incurred a large debt, so one of us went around asking the other friends to help him. He would send them messages, and they would help him, though some of them were reluctant. Does our friend who collected the money from them, knowing that some of them were giving charity not out of a willing heart, commit a sin?
Answer:
He is only responsible for what is apparent, so he takes the money given as charity, and he is only concerned with what is apparent. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: One of our friends incurred a large debt, so one of us went around asking the other friends to help him. He would send them messages, and they would help him, though some of them were reluctant. Does our friend who collected the money from them, knowing that some of them were giving charity not out of a willing heart, commit a sin?
Answer:
He is only responsible for what is apparent, so he takes the money given as charity, and he is only concerned with what is apparent. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في إقطاع المعادن — islamhouse.com (53:38)
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