What is the ruling on giving riba (usury or interest) profits to the poor and on buying books and tapes for the mosque?
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Question:
The questioner says: A man has a very large amount of riba (usury or interest) profits, and he disposed of them as follows: he gave some to the poor, lent some to people on the condition that they repay him in installments and give it to the poor, and used some to buy books, tapes, and supplies for the mosque library. What is the ruling on this action?
Answer:
He must dispose of all of it by putting it into public projects. Public projects, such as building restrooms for people or repairing roads that people walk on. As for buying books, books are kept pure from earnings, so he should give the amount he spent to the poor. He must dispose of all the riba (usury or interest) profits; he should not keep any of it. He puts it into public projects and does not use it to build a mosque, nor to buy books for acts of devotion and obedience; he does not spend it on those. Yes.
The questioner says: A man has a very large amount of riba (usury or interest) profits, and he disposed of them as follows: he gave some to the poor, lent some to people on the condition that they repay him in installments and give it to the poor, and used some to buy books, tapes, and supplies for the mosque library. What is the ruling on this action?
Answer:
He must dispose of all of it by putting it into public projects. Public projects, such as building restrooms for people or repairing roads that people walk on. As for buying books, books are kept pure from earnings, so he should give the amount he spent to the poor. He must dispose of all the riba (usury or interest) profits; he should not keep any of it. He puts it into public projects and does not use it to build a mosque, nor to buy books for acts of devotion and obedience; he does not spend it on those. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم دفع الفوائد الربوية للفقراء وفي شراء كتب وأشرطة للمسجد؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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