What is the ruling on borrowing from a man whose wealth is haram?
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The questioner : The man who spends on his companions when they are due their salaries, meaning he will take what he is going to spend a second time. Is the source of his spending for him from a haram source? Does it make the recipients sinful?
The Shaykh: I did not understand you.
The questioner : A man who spends on his companions who have money.
The Shaykh : Do not say he spends.
The questioner : He disburses to them.
The Shaykh : He disburses to them.
The questioner : Yes, he disburses to them.
The Shaykh : Do you mean he spends or he disburses, meaning he donates?
The questioner : No, he does not take it back.
The Shaykh : Then this is not spending.
The questioner : Okay, he disburses to them.
The Shaykh : Then he lends to them.
The questioner : He lends to them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Until they bring in money.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The source from which he disburses is a haram source.
The Shaykh : Meaning the one who lends has a haram source.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And not the one who repays.
The questioner : No, the one who lends.
The Shaykh : The one who lends.
The questioner : The one who lends.
The Shaykh : It is incumbent upon those people not to borrow from him. The answer is clear.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is incumbent upon those who borrow from him not to accept this loan from him, because it is a loan from wealth acquired through a haram path.
The questioner : Even if they repay it with halal money.
The Shaykh : It is not even needed.
The questioner : Meaning, because they will repay it with halal money.
The Shaykh : It is not even needed, my brother, they will eat it...
The questioner : Okay, the justification in the past, the justification in the past, which is that he spent on them, how do we disavow it?
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive what has passed.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I did not understand you.
The questioner : A man who spends on his companions who have money.
The Shaykh : Do not say he spends.
The questioner : He disburses to them.
The Shaykh : He disburses to them.
The questioner : Yes, he disburses to them.
The Shaykh : Do you mean he spends or he disburses, meaning he donates?
The questioner : No, he does not take it back.
The Shaykh : Then this is not spending.
The questioner : Okay, he disburses to them.
The Shaykh : Then he lends to them.
The questioner : He lends to them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Until they bring in money.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The source from which he disburses is a haram source.
The Shaykh : Meaning the one who lends has a haram source.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And not the one who repays.
The questioner : No, the one who lends.
The Shaykh : The one who lends.
The questioner : The one who lends.
The Shaykh : It is incumbent upon those people not to borrow from him. The answer is clear.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is incumbent upon those who borrow from him not to accept this loan from him, because it is a loan from wealth acquired through a haram path.
The questioner : Even if they repay it with halal money.
The Shaykh : It is not even needed.
The questioner : Meaning, because they will repay it with halal money.
The Shaykh : It is not even needed, my brother, they will eat it...
The questioner : Okay, the justification in the past, the justification in the past, which is that he spent on them, how do we disavow it?
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive what has passed.
The questioner: Yes.
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