A wealthy father who deals in riba and refuses to help his son with marriage: is it permissible for the son to take from his father’s money without his knowledge?

The Shaykh : He deals in riba, so may he take these twenty thousand? The answer is: Yes, he may take these twenty thousand, because it is obligatory for a capable father to marry his son. This is contrary to what some oppressive people do. If his son says to him, “Marry me off, O my father,” he says, “No, no one will scratch your back but your own fingernail. You must be the one to arrange the marriage. Even if I had millions of millions, I would not marry you off. So work and get married.” This is forbidden for the father and not permissible, because it is obligatory for the father, and for anyone else upon whom it is obligatory to provide for a person, to protect his chastity, just as it is obligatory for him to cover his private parts and fill his stomach. So, if it is assumed that your father refuses to marry you off, while he has much wealth, and you are able to reach his wealth to take from it without his knowledge what you need to marry with, then you have the right to do so. Note that this is your father; he has much wealth, and you have no wealth. You asked him for marriage, but he refused. You are able to reach his wealth to take from it what you need to marry with. Is that permissible for you? Yes, it is permissible for you. The evidence for this is This is a ruling from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Everything a person needs may be taken from the one upon whom it is obligatory to provide it, if he does not give it to him willingly. But the questioner seems to have been confused about how one marries with the money of a person who deals in riba? The answer is that in case of need, there is no harm in it, because you are taking it by a lawful means, not an unlawful one. You are taking it from your father’s money by a lawful means, while your father took it by an unlawful means. So he bears the burden of his sin, while you enjoy the benefit. And Allah knows best.