What is the ruling on a young man whose father wants to marry him off using his own money, and the father’s money is deposited in interest-bearing banks?
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The questioner : ... We sat down after the night prayer, and he asked me to come aside. Of course, I told him, "I am single, and my father offered to marry me off with his money. I am personally in a poor state. I mean, he works at a barber shop; some days he makes a profit, and some days he doesn't, depending on the customers, as you know."
The Shaykh : How old is he?
The questioner : I mean, I am about twenty-five years old, roughly.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So my father offered me money to cover the entire cost of the marriage. I am hesitant because my father’s money is tainted with riba, as he had deposited it in the banks. He is one of those who were harmed in Kuwait. It seems his father, meaning the one who passed away, left him some money, so he has some wealth. So I said to him, "Do you think the proportion of riba in it outweighs the money, or is it the other way around?" He said, "Of course, the other way around, because it is just a matter of the deposit and the interest they claim to earn." I asked, "What is the course of action in such a case?" I told him, "Insha'Allah, I will ask the Shaykh about this issue."
The Shaykh : First, his father marries him off and leaves him, telling him, "Look after yourself." Or does he marry him off and support him until he improves his financial situation? If it is the latter, then, by Allah, he must not remain unmarried, because this is protection and safeguarding for him.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if he wants to marry him off and leave him, and you are saying that this will come from this profit or whatever.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He has no fixed salary.
The questioner : No, Shaykh, this is what is apparent on the surface, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is, of course, coming from Kuwait. He has not settled down in a job, so this is a job so that he does not sit idle, yes.
The Shaykh : Well, why is he asking about the riba and not asking about the barber’s earnings? Yes.
The questioner : ... Of course, the issue requires research, but the important thing now is that the person who works for him is a man I recently met among our brothers, so out of good faith.
The Shaykh : I mean, the barber.
The questioner : The barber, the owner of the shop. So out of good faith, I say initially that perhaps he does not fall into a violation of the...
The Shaykh : It is not possible, it is not possible... He gets drunk later.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In any case, insha'Allah, this means...
The Shaykh : It draws his attention.
The questioner : It draws his attention.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for if, Shaykh, let us say the second part of the answer is that the father will only give him the cost of the marriage expenses and then leave him. Does this change the original ruling, or is it a guiding issue from you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, there is a completion, of course, that I have.
The questioner : Please, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : If it can be applied.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And if he knows what the proportion of riba is.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : For example, let us assume.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The proportion of riba in his father’s money is twenty percent.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he gave him fifty percent for his marriage.
The questioner : He gave him fifty percent.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I did not understand.
The Shaykh : I mean, his father’s capital is one hundred.
The questioner : One hundred dinars, he gave him fifty dinars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, out of this hundred, there is riba in the twenty.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the lawful part is fifty.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So when he gave him half of the hundred, fifty.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It means he gave him forty lawful and ten riba.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : Very good.
The Shaykh : Yes, and this is all, as I told you, based on whether he is able to know this.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : Yes, so let us assume he knew.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He marries with the fifty, yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he records in his debt that ten of them, when he becomes wealthy and able to gather money, he will spend it in public utilities.
The questioner : Very good.
The Shaykh : This is if he is able.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Able to do what?
The questioner : To know the proportion.
The Shaykh : And if, as is most likely, his father will not reveal the matter to him.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And tell him, then he should exert his effort later to extract from the portion of the money he took from his father what he thinks is most likely to have purified this money.
The questioner : Very good, this is for both cases, the first case and the second case.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : How old is he?
The questioner : I mean, I am about twenty-five years old, roughly.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : So my father offered me money to cover the entire cost of the marriage. I am hesitant because my father’s money is tainted with riba, as he had deposited it in the banks. He is one of those who were harmed in Kuwait. It seems his father, meaning the one who passed away, left him some money, so he has some wealth. So I said to him, "Do you think the proportion of riba in it outweighs the money, or is it the other way around?" He said, "Of course, the other way around, because it is just a matter of the deposit and the interest they claim to earn." I asked, "What is the course of action in such a case?" I told him, "Insha'Allah, I will ask the Shaykh about this issue."
The Shaykh : First, his father marries him off and leaves him, telling him, "Look after yourself." Or does he marry him off and support him until he improves his financial situation? If it is the latter, then, by Allah, he must not remain unmarried, because this is protection and safeguarding for him.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if he wants to marry him off and leave him, and you are saying that this will come from this profit or whatever.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He has no fixed salary.
The questioner : No, Shaykh, this is what is apparent on the surface, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is, of course, coming from Kuwait. He has not settled down in a job, so this is a job so that he does not sit idle, yes.
The Shaykh : Well, why is he asking about the riba and not asking about the barber’s earnings? Yes.
The questioner : ... Of course, the issue requires research, but the important thing now is that the person who works for him is a man I recently met among our brothers, so out of good faith.
The Shaykh : I mean, the barber.
The questioner : The barber, the owner of the shop. So out of good faith, I say initially that perhaps he does not fall into a violation of the...
The Shaykh : It is not possible, it is not possible... He gets drunk later.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In any case, insha'Allah, this means...
The Shaykh : It draws his attention.
The questioner : It draws his attention.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for if, Shaykh, let us say the second part of the answer is that the father will only give him the cost of the marriage expenses and then leave him. Does this change the original ruling, or is it a guiding issue from you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, there is a completion, of course, that I have.
The questioner : Please, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : If it can be applied.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And if he knows what the proportion of riba is.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : For example, let us assume.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The proportion of riba in his father’s money is twenty percent.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he gave him fifty percent for his marriage.
The questioner : He gave him fifty percent.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I did not understand.
The Shaykh : I mean, his father’s capital is one hundred.
The questioner : One hundred dinars, he gave him fifty dinars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, out of this hundred, there is riba in the twenty.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the lawful part is fifty.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So when he gave him half of the hundred, fifty.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It means he gave him forty lawful and ten riba.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : Very good.
The Shaykh : Yes, and this is all, as I told you, based on whether he is able to know this.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : Yes, so let us assume he knew.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He marries with the fifty, yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he records in his debt that ten of them, when he becomes wealthy and able to gather money, he will spend it in public utilities.
The questioner : Very good.
The Shaykh : This is if he is able.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Able to do what?
The questioner : To know the proportion.
The Shaykh : And if, as is most likely, his father will not reveal the matter to him.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And tell him, then he should exert his effort later to extract from the portion of the money he took from his father what he thinks is most likely to have purified this money.
The questioner : Very good, this is for both cases, the first case and the second case.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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