I borrowed a sum of one thousand pounds from my wife in the year 1985, and she now wants me to return that amount as two thousand pounds, so what
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The questioner : You borrowed a sum of one thousand pounds from your wife in the year 1985, and she now wants you to return that amount as two thousand pounds. What is the ruling in this matter? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. You borrowed one thousand pounds from your wife, so only one thousand pounds is established in your liability. She is now demanding two thousand pounds from you, two thousand.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : She has no right to this, and she is entitled only to what she lent you, which is one thousand pounds. Anything more than that is not obligatory for you, even if you had agreed with her beforehand that she would give you one thousand pounds for two thousand pounds. The agreement is void and invalid because it is riba, and riba is forbidden in the Book of Allah and in the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and its doer is cursed. Every condition that is not in the Book of Allah is invalid, even if there are a hundred conditions. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. You borrowed one thousand pounds from your wife, so only one thousand pounds is established in your liability. She is now demanding two thousand pounds from you, two thousand.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : She has no right to this, and she is entitled only to what she lent you, which is one thousand pounds. Anything more than that is not obligatory for you, even if you had agreed with her beforehand that she would give you one thousand pounds for two thousand pounds. The agreement is void and invalid because it is riba, and riba is forbidden in the Book of Allah and in the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and its doer is cursed. Every condition that is not in the Book of Allah is invalid, even if there are a hundred conditions. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says.