What is the ruling on obtaining Jordanian citizenship for a man in dire necessity who can only do so through a transaction involving riba (usury or interest)?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well
The questioner : May we ask... O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Please.
The questioner : A man wants to obtain a Jordanian passport through investment, which requires five hundred thousand dollars, and he possesses only this amount. What is the ruling on the interest, even though he is in dire necessity to obtain this citizenship?
The Shaykh : Which citizenship?
The questioner : Jordanian citizenship.
The Shaykh : Through forgery.
The questioner : No, no, through the known investment method in the country via the central bank.
The Shaykh : How do you mean, investment in what?
The questioner : That he deposits half a million dollars for three years at 6% interest on every hundred thousand dollars.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning in short, he wants to reach this citizenship through a forbidden method like this?
The questioner : No, it is the investment law.
The Shaykh : Give me the answer if you want.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The summary of the question is that he wants to obtain the passport through a forbidden method.
The questioner : Yes, we want to ask what is the ruling of the religion in this matter?
The Shaykh : My brother, do you not know the ruling of the religion regarding riba (usury or interest)?
The questioner : We know the ruling of riba (usury or interest). May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : If so, what is the meaning of your question? I am summarizing your question for you: you want to obtain the citizenship, or the passport, or the identity through a forbidden method.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, why are you coming to distance yourself from the topic? Do you not know that riba (usury or interest) is forbidden?
The questioner : Riba (usury or interest) is forbidden, without doubt.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden whether you eat it or feed it to others.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, if the answer is known, meaning that you want to obtain a purpose, which is the Jordanian passport, through a forbidden method, and the answer is known to be forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : Yes. Well, what is the course of action? There is no refuge for him, or a land that accepts this man.
The Shaykh : Why? What is the difference, for example, between him and me?
The questioner : Yes, the Palestinian, O Shaykh, for example, those returning from Kuwait today.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : They have nothing. If he went to Egypt, he would not have a residence here. He is not accepted in Jordan except for transit.
The Shaykh : Well, is he not accepted in Egypt?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And not in any land of the wide world?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Not accepted?
The questioner : Not accepted.
The Shaykh : How do you mean not accepted? Is this talk reasonable?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I do not think it is reasonable. There are Palestinians residing in all the lands of the world.
The questioner : Yes, but he is from Gaza, from Gaza, O my master.The Shaykh : . Meaning this issue, meaning I said exceptThe Shaykh : He speaks on the basis that this is from the category of riba (usury or interest), so it is not permissible, that it is from the category of riba (usury or interest), so how do we obtain this passport? He said, look, there is no way except through this acquisition, which is riba (usury or interest), and we ask for you.The Shaykh : .
The Shaykh : I have no answer other than what you heard.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh :[An-Nisa 4:97] I do not believe that the Gazan, or anyone else, is unable to live in any country of the world. You say you are unable to live in a country of the world.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You say? I am not answering.
The questioner : But there are cases regarding the Gazans, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But my brother, may Allah guide you. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well
The questioner : May we ask... O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Please.
The questioner : A man wants to obtain a Jordanian passport through investment, which requires five hundred thousand dollars, and he possesses only this amount. What is the ruling on the interest, even though he is in dire necessity to obtain this citizenship?
The Shaykh : Which citizenship?
The questioner : Jordanian citizenship.
The Shaykh : Through forgery.
The questioner : No, no, through the known investment method in the country via the central bank.
The Shaykh : How do you mean, investment in what?
The questioner : That he deposits half a million dollars for three years at 6% interest on every hundred thousand dollars.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning in short, he wants to reach this citizenship through a forbidden method like this?
The questioner : No, it is the investment law.
The Shaykh : Give me the answer if you want.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The summary of the question is that he wants to obtain the passport through a forbidden method.
The questioner : Yes, we want to ask what is the ruling of the religion in this matter?
The Shaykh : My brother, do you not know the ruling of the religion regarding riba (usury or interest)?
The questioner : We know the ruling of riba (usury or interest). May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : If so, what is the meaning of your question? I am summarizing your question for you: you want to obtain the citizenship, or the passport, or the identity through a forbidden method.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, why are you coming to distance yourself from the topic? Do you not know that riba (usury or interest) is forbidden?
The questioner : Riba (usury or interest) is forbidden, without doubt.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden whether you eat it or feed it to others.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, if the answer is known, meaning that you want to obtain a purpose, which is the Jordanian passport, through a forbidden method, and the answer is known to be forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : Yes. Well, what is the course of action? There is no refuge for him, or a land that accepts this man.
The Shaykh : Why? What is the difference, for example, between him and me?
The questioner : Yes, the Palestinian, O Shaykh, for example, those returning from Kuwait today.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : They have nothing. If he went to Egypt, he would not have a residence here. He is not accepted in Jordan except for transit.
The Shaykh : Well, is he not accepted in Egypt?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And not in any land of the wide world?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Not accepted?
The questioner : Not accepted.
The Shaykh : How do you mean not accepted? Is this talk reasonable?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I do not think it is reasonable. There are Palestinians residing in all the lands of the world.
The questioner : Yes, but he is from Gaza, from Gaza, O my master.The Shaykh : . Meaning this issue, meaning I said exceptThe Shaykh : He speaks on the basis that this is from the category of riba (usury or interest), so it is not permissible, that it is from the category of riba (usury or interest), so how do we obtain this passport? He said, look, there is no way except through this acquisition, which is riba (usury or interest), and we ask for you.The Shaykh : .
The Shaykh : I have no answer other than what you heard.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh :
Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?
ألم تكن أرض الله واسعة فتهاجروا فيهاThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You say? I am not answering.
The questioner : But there are cases regarding the Gazans, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But my brother, may Allah guide you. Peace be upon you.
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