The ruling on lending to a debtor who owes food so that he can repay his loan
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Question : Even if he has food owed to him, if he lends him what he needs to buy it and repay him, that is permissible. If he wants to execute the maintenance, we understand it.
Answer : This is, in reality, a rare case. Because he is now bringing him what he needs to repay him, delaying him, and giving him time, and there is no need to bring him. If someone says, perhaps he will need the food that was lent to him previously, we say: if he needs the food that was lent to him previously, he buys it himself. If he wants to execute the maintenance for his family and lends it to a man to pay it to them, there is no harm, because it is a benefit for both of them and there is no harm in it, and the Shari'ah does not prohibit it.
Answer : This is, in reality, a rare case. Because he is now bringing him what he needs to repay him, delaying him, and giving him time, and there is no need to bring him. If someone says, perhaps he will need the food that was lent to him previously, we say: if he needs the food that was lent to him previously, he buys it himself. If he wants to execute the maintenance for his family and lends it to a man to pay it to them, there is no harm, because it is a benefit for both of them and there is no harm in it, and the Shari'ah does not prohibit it.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [4383] حكم إقراض من عليه طعام للمقرض ليوفيه قرضه - تعليقات على الكافي لابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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