What is the ruling on sons benefiting from their father's money that is mixed with riba, if they know the amount of riba in it?
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The questioner: Okay; excuse me, a second question that might relate to the topic.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: I mean, the money his father earned, we certainly know that it is forbidden money, and this riba money must be returned to its owners, and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) ...[An-Nisa 4:11] Yes, these ... .
The Shaykh: No, the most correct is to cite the verse [Al-Baqarah 2:279] .
The questioner: Our father ... let us suppose ... died and the riba ... remained among the heirs, the heirs are not required to return the riba that their father took from the principal amounts during his lifetime?
The Shaykh: The question is correct, provided that the heirs are able to, do they know how much of the principal is their father's money? And how much is the profit? Then do they know from whom these profits were taken and their proportions, so that they can return them to their owners?
The questioner: They do not know.
The Shaykh: The answer: If they know and if they are able, it is their obligation, otherwise it is not.
The questioner: I mean, it is obligatory upon them to return it before the heirs divide the inheritance.
The Shaykh: If they know, if it is possible for them, yes, it is obligatory, yes.
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The Shaykh: Here is a question. And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
I suggest to our brothers that they shorten the session and join in.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: I mean, the money his father earned, we certainly know that it is forbidden money, and this riba money must be returned to its owners, and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) ...
after any bequest he [may have] made or debt
مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍThe Shaykh: No,
And if you repent
وَإِنْ تُبْتُمْBut if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
وَإِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَThe questioner: Our father ... let us suppose ... died and the riba ... remained among the heirs, the heirs are not required to return the riba that their father took from the principal amounts during his lifetime?
The Shaykh: The question is correct, provided that the heirs are able to, do they know how much of the principal is their father's money? And how much is the profit? Then do they know from whom these profits were taken and their proportions, so that they can return them to their owners?
The questioner: They do not know.
The Shaykh: The answer: If they know and if they are able, it is their obligation, otherwise it is not.
The questioner: I mean, it is obligatory upon them to return it before the heirs divide the inheritance.
The Shaykh: If they know, if it is possible for them, yes, it is obligatory, yes.
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The Shaykh: Here is a question. And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
I suggest to our brothers that they shorten the session and join in.
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