What is the ruling on inherited wealth if it is mixed with riba?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on inherited wealth if it is mixed with riba?
The Shaykh : Yes. Inherited wealth is lawful for the heir, even if the deceased acquired it from a forbidden source, unless we know that this inherited wealth belongs to others, such that we know this wealth was stolen from so-and-so or taken from him by force. In that case, it is not lawful for us; rather, it is obligatory to return it to its owner to clear the deceased's conscience and to avoid taking wealth by false means.
As for wealth that is forbidden due to how it was acquired, such as money the deceased acquired through riba, it is lawful for the heirs, and its sin is upon the deceased. This is because we do not know that people, when their deceased one dies, ask how he acquired this wealth? And by what means did he acquire it? Yes.
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The Shaykh : Yes. Inherited wealth is lawful for the heir, even if the deceased acquired it from a forbidden source, unless we know that this inherited wealth belongs to others, such that we know this wealth was stolen from so-and-so or taken from him by force. In that case, it is not lawful for us; rather, it is obligatory to return it to its owner to clear the deceased's conscience and to avoid taking wealth by false means.
As for wealth that is forbidden due to how it was acquired, such as money the deceased acquired through riba, it is lawful for the heirs, and its sin is upon the deceased. This is because we do not know that people, when their deceased one dies, ask how he acquired this wealth? And by what means did he acquire it? Yes.
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