Is it permissible to pay the interest on funds toward the taxes imposed by Israel on the Palestinian people?
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The questioner : Shaykh, there is a broader question regarding our people in the West Bank. The occupation authorities come and demolish people's homes and impose a tax of one hundred thousand or fifty thousand Israeli currency units. Is it permissible to send zakah or bank interest? The important question is: a man who has placed his money in banks in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere, and he has bank interest, is it permissible for him to send it to this person to pay it to Israel on his behalf?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible, my brother, except according to the school of Abu Nuwas. Do you know his school?
The student : He treated the disease with what caused the disease.
The Shaykh : With the Jews who impose these exorbitant taxes on you, while you are the slaves and they are the masters. It means that if it were said to be permissible, you would put your money in banks and obtain what they call by another name, interest, and give it to the Jews. This is the school of Abu Nuwas: committing a forbidden act to treat a problem. Oh Allah, our brothers, we need to move on.
The student : A piece of advice for the Muslims, Shaykh.
The questioner : A final question, O Shaykh.
The questioner : A final and important question, if Allah wills, for the brothers. We can ask.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible, my brother, except according to the school of Abu Nuwas. Do you know his school?
The student : He treated the disease with what caused the disease.
The Shaykh : With the Jews who impose these exorbitant taxes on you, while you are the slaves and they are the masters. It means that if it were said to be permissible, you would put your money in banks and obtain what they call by another name, interest, and give it to the Jews. This is the school of Abu Nuwas: committing a forbidden act to treat a problem. Oh Allah, our brothers, we need to move on.
The student : A piece of advice for the Muslims, Shaykh.
The questioner : A final question, O Shaykh.
The questioner : A final and important question, if Allah wills, for the brothers. We can ask.
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