My father took a loan from the bank through riba (usury or interest) to build a house; is it permissible for me to live with him in this house?
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The questioner : This questioner says: My father took a loan from a bank.
The Shaykh : ... Take it easy.
The questioner : This questioner says: My father took a loan from a bank through riba (usury or interest) to build a house; is it permissible for me to live with him in this house?
The Shaykh : Is he able not to live with him? If he is able not to live with him, he should not live with him.
The questioner : He should not live with him.
The Shaykh : If he is able not to live with him, he should not live with him.
The questioner : What if he is forced to live with him? What if he is forced?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. I am telling you: If he is able not to live with him, did you not understand the answer?
The questioner : Understood, our Shaykh. If this father does not know that the loan he took and received was through riba (usury or interest), due to ignorance, for example; what should this father do?
The Shaykh : The father?
The questioner : Yes, the father.
The Shaykh : How does he not know?
The questioner : Due to his ignorance, our Shaykh, he might not know... he takes the loan from the bank.
The Shaykh : Fine; he repents to Allah, and returns the loan if he is able.
The questioner : What does he do with the house he built?
The Shaykh : He repents to Allah.
The questioner : And the house that has been completed?
The Shaykh : That is the end of the matter, as long as your question is that he does not know, and for every answer there is a question.
The Shaykh : ... Take it easy.
The questioner : This questioner says: My father took a loan from a bank through riba (usury or interest) to build a house; is it permissible for me to live with him in this house?
The Shaykh : Is he able not to live with him? If he is able not to live with him, he should not live with him.
The questioner : He should not live with him.
The Shaykh : If he is able not to live with him, he should not live with him.
The questioner : What if he is forced to live with him? What if he is forced?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. I am telling you: If he is able not to live with him, did you not understand the answer?
The questioner : Understood, our Shaykh. If this father does not know that the loan he took and received was through riba (usury or interest), due to ignorance, for example; what should this father do?
The Shaykh : The father?
The questioner : Yes, the father.
The Shaykh : How does he not know?
The questioner : Due to his ignorance, our Shaykh, he might not know... he takes the loan from the bank.
The Shaykh : Fine; he repents to Allah, and returns the loan if he is able.
The questioner : What does he do with the house he built?
The Shaykh : He repents to Allah.
The questioner : And the house that has been completed?
The Shaykh : That is the end of the matter, as long as your question is that he does not know, and for every answer there is a question.
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