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If a person lends money to someone and it is later revealed that the borrower used it for something forbidden, should the lender make it difficult for him to repay?

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Question:
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man gave a person money as a loan. Later, this borrower informed him that he had used this money in a company that engages in forbidden trade. Is it obligatory for him to make it difficult for this borrower to return the money, or should he give him a chance to pay back this money?

Answer:
He lent it to him and did not know. If he had known that he would use it in what is forbidden, it would not be permissible for him, because this is cooperation in sin and aggression. But if he did not know, and he had a good opinion of him and gave him the loan, then the responsibility is on the borrower himself, not on the lender. The lender who has a good opinion of the borrower... The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged good in lending and good in demanding repayment. And a person does not press the debtor, does not press the debtor, but takes it with ease and leniency. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من أقرض شخصًا مالاً ثم اتضح أنه استعمله في محرم فهل يضيِّق عليه في السداد؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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