What is the ruling on sons benefiting from their father's money that is mixed with riba, if they know the amount of riba in that money?
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The questioner : Okay, excuse me, a second question, if possible... on the topic.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : I mean, the money his father earned, we know for sure that it is haram money, and this is riba money... its owners, and Allah the Exalted...[An-Nisa 4:11] Who are these...
The Shaykh : No, the most correct view is to cite the verse [Al-Baqarah 2:279]
The questioner : ... the riba... it is not necessary to return the riba to the one who takes... the principal amounts... .
The Shaykh : The question is valid, provided that the heirs are able to do so. Do they know how much their father's capital was? And how much was the profit? And from whom were these profits taken, and their proportions, so that they can return them to their owners?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The answer is, if, if, if they know and if they are able, then it is obligatory for them; otherwise, it is not.
The questioner : I mean, they are supposed to return it... .
The Shaykh : If they know, if it is possible for them, yes, it is an individual obligation, yes.
The questioner : This issue... .
The Shaykh : Here is a question, and peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
I suggest to our brothers that they make the circle smaller and join in. Here is a question that many fathers and sons are afflicted with in this time.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : I mean, the money his father earned, we know for sure that it is haram money, and this is riba money... its owners, and Allah the Exalted...
after any bequest he [may have] made or debt
من بعد وصية يوصي به أو دينThe Shaykh : No,
if you repent
فإن تبتمBut if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
فإن تبتم فلكم رؤوس أموالكم لا تظلمون ولا تظلمونThe questioner : ... the riba... it is not necessary to return the riba to the one who takes... the principal amounts... .
The Shaykh : The question is valid, provided that the heirs are able to do so. Do they know how much their father's capital was? And how much was the profit? And from whom were these profits taken, and their proportions, so that they can return them to their owners?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The answer is, if, if, if they know and if they are able, then it is obligatory for them; otherwise, it is not.
The questioner : I mean, they are supposed to return it... .
The Shaykh : If they know, if it is possible for them, yes, it is an individual obligation, yes.
The questioner : This issue... .
The Shaykh : Here is a question, and peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
I suggest to our brothers that they make the circle smaller and join in. Here is a question that many fathers and sons are afflicted with in this time.