Regarding the topic of rest houses: I am an employee with a low salary, and I want to have a rest house for myself and my children to enjoy.
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The questioner : He says: Noble Shaykh, regarding the topic of rest houses, I am an employee with a low salary, and I want to have a rest house and park for myself and my children to enjoy. I do not have the money to build this rest house, so is it permissible for me to borrow money to build it?
The Shaykh : I do not think one should borrow money to build this. We say: Praise be to Allah, rest houses exist. Sleep on a bed, a quiet and comfortable bed, yes, and this is a rest house. As for borrowing in order to build this farm or construct this palace in this rest house, and having a debt in your liability that you do not know if you will be able to repay in your lifetime or not, and you do not know either that perhaps this surge in rest houses and gardens might drop as others have dropped, perhaps it will drop and not be worth even a quarter of what you spent on it.
The Shaykh : I do not think one should borrow money to build this. We say: Praise be to Allah, rest houses exist. Sleep on a bed, a quiet and comfortable bed, yes, and this is a rest house. As for borrowing in order to build this farm or construct this palace in this rest house, and having a debt in your liability that you do not know if you will be able to repay in your lifetime or not, and you do not know either that perhaps this surge in rest houses and gardens might drop as others have dropped, perhaps it will drop and not be worth even a quarter of what you spent on it.