Is it permissible for a creditor to accept repayment of a debt from haram (forbidden) money that the debtor obtained through gambling?
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The questioner:
Is it permissible for a creditor to accept repayment of a debt from haram (forbidden) money that the debtor obtained through gambling?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for you to deal with a person for a haram (forbidden) price, knowing that it is haram (forbidden). You do not sell to him if the price is haram (forbidden), knowing that it is the price of khamr (intoxicants) or the price of theft. This is not permissible. His money is not haram (forbidden).
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says.
The Shaykh:
As long as you do not know. If you do not know, there is no harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deal with the Jews, buying from them, and they dealt in riba (usury or interest). But it is not known that what he paid was riba (usury or interest); he may have had other money besides that. Yes.
Is it permissible for a creditor to accept repayment of a debt from haram (forbidden) money that the debtor obtained through gambling?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for you to deal with a person for a haram (forbidden) price, knowing that it is haram (forbidden). You do not sell to him if the price is haram (forbidden), knowing that it is the price of khamr (intoxicants) or the price of theft. This is not permissible. His money is not haram (forbidden).
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says.
The Shaykh:
As long as you do not know. If you do not know, there is no harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deal with the Jews, buying from them, and they dealt in riba (usury or interest). But it is not known that what he paid was riba (usury or interest); he may have had other money besides that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1635 -3022] هل يجوز للدائن أن يقبل وفاء الدين من مالٍ حرام حصل عليه المدين من مقامرة؟ — youtube.com
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