Permissibility of accepting zakat from those who deal through un-Islamic means
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May Allah reward you! —O Shaykh— what is the ruling on accepting —O Shaykh— zakat from some interest-based banks? —In our region— some charitable associations accept zakat from some interest-based banks.
There is no harm in a person accepting zakat or donations from interest-based banks; because he takes it by right, and the sin is on the bank if it earned it through riba.And the evidence for this is: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) accepted gifts from the Jews, and accepted the invitation of the Jews, and it is well known that the Jews consume riba and earn wealth through illicit gains, and likewise he dealt with the Jews in Khaybar,Meaning: giving them a share of the palm trees and crops, on the condition that they have half and the Muslims have half, and it is well known that they earn from riba.
Therefore, take a useful rule: Whoever earns something through a permissible means, there is no sin on him from the one who earned it through a forbidden means; because this is forbidden due to its earning, so it becomes haram for the one who earned it without right, except if you know that this money is the money of so-and-so,For example: a thief who stole a sheep and brought it to you to give it to you as a gift, this is not permissible for you to accept from him; because you know that this sheep is the sheep of so-and-so, but what is forbidden due to the means of earning, then whoever takes it by right, it is halal for him. Did you understand this rule? Apply this rule to everything, whatever comes to you, apply it to it: whoever earns something forbidden —Meaning: through a forbidden means — then a person takes it from him through a permissible means, there is no harm.
There is no harm in a person accepting zakat or donations from interest-based banks; because he takes it by right, and the sin is on the bank if it earned it through riba.And the evidence for this is: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) accepted gifts from the Jews, and accepted the invitation of the Jews, and it is well known that the Jews consume riba and earn wealth through illicit gains, and likewise he dealt with the Jews in Khaybar,Meaning: giving them a share of the palm trees and crops, on the condition that they have half and the Muslims have half, and it is well known that they earn from riba.
Therefore, take a useful rule: Whoever earns something through a permissible means, there is no sin on him from the one who earned it through a forbidden means; because this is forbidden due to its earning, so it becomes haram for the one who earned it without right, except if you know that this money is the money of so-and-so,For example: a thief who stole a sheep and brought it to you to give it to you as a gift, this is not permissible for you to accept from him; because you know that this sheep is the sheep of so-and-so, but what is forbidden due to the means of earning, then whoever takes it by right, it is halal for him. Did you understand this rule? Apply this rule to everything, whatever comes to you, apply it to it: whoever earns something forbidden —Meaning: through a forbidden means — then a person takes it from him through a permissible means, there is no harm.