What is the ruling on accepting gifts from someone whose wealth is suspected to be unlawful?
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Question:
One of my relatives gives me some gifts, and sometimes brings me some necessities. However, I suspect that his wealth is unlawful. The question is: Is it permissible for me to accept from him? And should I give in charity on behalf of everything I have taken from him?
Answer:
Suspicion does not make a gift forbidden unless one knows that the gift is from unlawful wealth. If one knows this, then it is not permissible. As for mere suspicion, the default is permissibility, and praise be to Allah.
One of my relatives gives me some gifts, and sometimes brings me some necessities. However, I suspect that his wealth is unlawful. The question is: Is it permissible for me to accept from him? And should I give in charity on behalf of everything I have taken from him?
Answer:
Suspicion does not make a gift forbidden unless one knows that the gift is from unlawful wealth. If one knows this, then it is not permissible. As for mere suspicion, the default is permissibility, and praise be to Allah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم قبول الهدايا ممن يُشَك في حرمة أمواله؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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