Borrowing without need and deception in asking
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The questioner:
The Shaykh said: In the hadith, "Whoever asks people for their money..." and so on regarding the Qur'an, does this include the case where one responds to people and warns them of them in order to prefer money for himself?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The hadith says: "Let him not ask people at the doors of abundance." Does this include the one who uses religion to draw close to people by making them need him, so that they give him from their hands?
The Shaykh:
The intention of borrowing is to burden one's liability, and this is dangerous. A person should not resort to debt unless he is compelled to do so. If he is compelled, he may resort to debt. But if he has no necessity to bear debt, he should not do so, because it is dangerous in that it burdens the liability, and he may be unable to repay it. On this occasion, the one who asks people without need and does so frequently falls into deception and lying. What is happening with some people now is that they stand and ask, saying, "I want to go, and this money is for the victims in other regions," when he is not truthful. This is deception so that he can take the money, taking it in the name of the victims or the deprived. This is forbidden (haram) and it does not matter. It has been found that some types of people engage in this deception, taking money in the name of relief or in the name of sponsoring orphans or in the name of this or that, and it was found that they are liars and deceivers. So this is forbidden (haram) and not permissible; this is lying, may Allah protect us from it.
The Shaykh said: In the hadith, "Whoever asks people for their money..." and so on regarding the Qur'an, does this include the case where one responds to people and warns them of them in order to prefer money for himself?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The hadith says: "Let him not ask people at the doors of abundance." Does this include the one who uses religion to draw close to people by making them need him, so that they give him from their hands?
The Shaykh:
The intention of borrowing is to burden one's liability, and this is dangerous. A person should not resort to debt unless he is compelled to do so. If he is compelled, he may resort to debt. But if he has no necessity to bear debt, he should not do so, because it is dangerous in that it burdens the liability, and he may be unable to repay it. On this occasion, the one who asks people without need and does so frequently falls into deception and lying. What is happening with some people now is that they stand and ask, saying, "I want to go, and this money is for the victims in other regions," when he is not truthful. This is deception so that he can take the money, taking it in the name of the victims or the deprived. This is forbidden (haram) and it does not matter. It has been found that some types of people engage in this deception, taking money in the name of relief or in the name of sponsoring orphans or in the name of this or that, and it was found that they are liars and deceivers. So this is forbidden (haram) and not permissible; this is lying, may Allah protect us from it.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب صدقة التطوع — islamhouse.com (1:15:17)
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