What is the ruling in Islam regarding social security if a person receives it in a doubled amount?
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The questioner: What is the view of Islam, or what is the ruling in Islam, regarding social security? For example, a person takes four and a half [units] per month, and the company deposits nine dinars as the corresponding amount.
Another questioner: Social security.
The questioner: Social security. So a person comes to take it, and he takes it in a doubled amount. What is the view of Islam regarding this?
The Shaykh: If the doubling is from the company, it is lawful. If it is from their dealings in riba (usury or interest), he takes his principal and saves his principal. Do you understand me?
The questioner: Yes, I understood you.
The Shaykh: But before that, I want to direct and remind you, because this question is incorrect and not permissible. Even though it is common today, most people do not know, as the Lord of the Worlds said. It is not permissible to say, "What is the view of Islam?" Islam has a ruling, not a view. If you were to say, "What is the view of the shaykh (scholar or teacher)," then the shaykh has a view; he may err or be correct. But Islam does not err; it is all correct. So we should replace our saying "view" with "ruling of the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law)." We do not say, "What is the view of Islam," but rather, "What is the ruling of Islam?" Is that clear?
The questioner: A brief question.
The Shaykh: Another question.
Another questioner: Social security.
The questioner: Social security. So a person comes to take it, and he takes it in a doubled amount. What is the view of Islam regarding this?
The Shaykh: If the doubling is from the company, it is lawful. If it is from their dealings in riba (usury or interest), he takes his principal and saves his principal. Do you understand me?
The questioner: Yes, I understood you.
The Shaykh: But before that, I want to direct and remind you, because this question is incorrect and not permissible. Even though it is common today, most people do not know, as the Lord of the Worlds said. It is not permissible to say, "What is the view of Islam?" Islam has a ruling, not a view. If you were to say, "What is the view of the shaykh (scholar or teacher)," then the shaykh has a view; he may err or be correct. But Islam does not err; it is all correct. So we should replace our saying "view" with "ruling of the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law)." We do not say, "What is the view of Islam," but rather, "What is the ruling of Islam?" Is that clear?
The questioner: A brief question.
The Shaykh: Another question.
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