A man who owes blood money and collected funds for it pursuant to a court ruling, but after completing the required amount, continued collecting to keep it for himself and
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The questioner : A man who owes blood money and collected funds for it pursuant to a ruling given to him by the court, but after completing the required amount, continued collecting to keep it for himself and benefit from it in his life without informing the people that he had completed collecting this blood money. Is this money considered lawful or not? May Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : Anything in excess of the blood money is forbidden for him. He must stop once the required amount for the blood money is reached, because he is soliciting people based on this document, and the document only contains the debt of the blood money. Therefore, it is not permissible for him to continue collecting money after obtaining what he asked of people for its sake. Similarly, some people collect funds to build a mosque and gather amounts in excess of what the mosque needs, yet they continue collecting for the mosque even though the mosque has already obtained what it needs. This is also forbidden and not permissible for him. For this reason, we say that if someone submits a petition to people to build a mosque and collects an amount of money that exceeds the sufficiency of the construction, it is obligatory for him to stop. However, he might say: "I fear that circumstances will change. I fear that I will collect for this mosque what I think is sufficient for its construction, but it will not be sufficient due to changing circumstances, such as an increase in prices or an increase in contractors' fees, or the like." We say: There is no harm if you collect what you think is sufficient and then stop. After that, record the name of every person who donates to you, so that when the construction is completed and you find an excess, you will know that the excess belongs to so-and-so, so-and-so, and so-and-so. This will make it easy for you to give it to them or seek their permission to spend it on the mosque's interests other than the construction, or on building another mosque. In this way, the person is safe and his conscience is clear. The matter is clear, meaning, for example, if you are collecting to build a mosque and estimate that five hundred thousand is sufficient for it, and you collect five hundred thousand, and then donations start pouring in, stop. But if you fear that the construction will exceed five hundred thousand, take it, but after the completion of the five hundred thousand, record every donation that comes to you with its amount and the name of the person who donated it. So that when the mosque construction is finished and it only took the five hundred thousand, you return this money to those who donated it, or seek their permission to spend it on the interests of the mosque that was built, or on building other mosques, until your conscience is clear and you are safe from the problem.
The questioner : I mean, Shaykh Muhammad, may Allah preserve you, if the remainder is placed in the mosque's fund for the mosque's requirements?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, because the donors donated for the construction of the mosque, not for the mosque in general. And it is known that construction is not like general interests, such as mattresses and the like.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Anything in excess of the blood money is forbidden for him. He must stop once the required amount for the blood money is reached, because he is soliciting people based on this document, and the document only contains the debt of the blood money. Therefore, it is not permissible for him to continue collecting money after obtaining what he asked of people for its sake. Similarly, some people collect funds to build a mosque and gather amounts in excess of what the mosque needs, yet they continue collecting for the mosque even though the mosque has already obtained what it needs. This is also forbidden and not permissible for him. For this reason, we say that if someone submits a petition to people to build a mosque and collects an amount of money that exceeds the sufficiency of the construction, it is obligatory for him to stop. However, he might say: "I fear that circumstances will change. I fear that I will collect for this mosque what I think is sufficient for its construction, but it will not be sufficient due to changing circumstances, such as an increase in prices or an increase in contractors' fees, or the like." We say: There is no harm if you collect what you think is sufficient and then stop. After that, record the name of every person who donates to you, so that when the construction is completed and you find an excess, you will know that the excess belongs to so-and-so, so-and-so, and so-and-so. This will make it easy for you to give it to them or seek their permission to spend it on the mosque's interests other than the construction, or on building another mosque. In this way, the person is safe and his conscience is clear. The matter is clear, meaning, for example, if you are collecting to build a mosque and estimate that five hundred thousand is sufficient for it, and you collect five hundred thousand, and then donations start pouring in, stop. But if you fear that the construction will exceed five hundred thousand, take it, but after the completion of the five hundred thousand, record every donation that comes to you with its amount and the name of the person who donated it. So that when the mosque construction is finished and it only took the five hundred thousand, you return this money to those who donated it, or seek their permission to spend it on the interests of the mosque that was built, or on building other mosques, until your conscience is clear and you are safe from the problem.
The questioner : I mean, Shaykh Muhammad, may Allah preserve you, if the remainder is placed in the mosque's fund for the mosque's requirements?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, because the donors donated for the construction of the mosque, not for the mosque in general. And it is known that construction is not like general interests, such as mattresses and the like.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.