The Rich Person's Delay is Injustice" For example, a person is owed one hundred dinars from me, and I have two hundred dinars. So, if I do not pay him, am I considered a delayer?
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The questioner : Okay, in ... the second case, when we say the delay of the rich person is injustice
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I mean, we intend that one person has a debt with another person. For example, someone owes me two hundred dinars, and I have two hundred dinars with me. So, if I do not pay him, for example, would that be injustice?
The Shaykh : I mean, you owe one hundred or two hundred, and you have two hundred
The questioner : Yes, yes
The Shaykh : That is not a consideration, nor a standard, because there is a difference between a person who has nothing but these two hundred, from which he spends on himself and his family, and another person who, it is true, has nothing but the two hundred, but his provision comes to him tomorrow and the day after from other than these two hundred. So, these two hundred are also upon him. Therefore, the first person, no, he has two hundred ... he pays one hundred and keeps one hundred with him so that he can live on it. As for the second person, as long as his provision comes to him tomorrow and the day after ... he is rich, so he must pay these two hundred and not keep a single qirsh with him.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
Another questioner: I wish they would keep them in this job ... .
The Shaykh : No, they will employ them
The questioner : They will employ them, saying, "Instead of giving them to him, I will just employ them, and then I will give them to him later."
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, over such selfishness
The questioner : A shaykh ... that so-and-so owes me ten, fifteen thousand dinars ... .
The Shaykh : Heh, Allah is the Greatest
The questioner : ... in the bank so that he can invest them.
Another questioner: Then these, our Shaykh, would be, for example, the salaries of the workers, the employees. The institution is large. Thirty per month. Each one, from the new month, must be paid. They keep them until the fifth of the new month, until the seventh ... Okay, why do they say these people benefit from them? What is it to them? What is it to you, my brother? A week without a week.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is to him.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner: He ... even if they raise against them, they put their money, these ... three months, four months.
The Shaykh : But the banks transfer to them, so they go to check on them, and they say, "I have not come yet."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : "I have not come yet, I have not come yet," and it is coming.
The questioner : Yes, so that they can benefit.
The Shaykh : They benefit, it is forbidden, it is forbidden.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I mean, we intend that one person has a debt with another person. For example, someone owes me two hundred dinars, and I have two hundred dinars with me. So, if I do not pay him, for example, would that be injustice?
The Shaykh : I mean, you owe one hundred or two hundred, and you have two hundred
The questioner : Yes, yes
The Shaykh : That is not a consideration, nor a standard, because there is a difference between a person who has nothing but these two hundred, from which he spends on himself and his family, and another person who, it is true, has nothing but the two hundred, but his provision comes to him tomorrow and the day after from other than these two hundred. So, these two hundred are also upon him. Therefore, the first person, no, he has two hundred ... he pays one hundred and keeps one hundred with him so that he can live on it. As for the second person, as long as his provision comes to him tomorrow and the day after ... he is rich, so he must pay these two hundred and not keep a single qirsh with him.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
Another questioner: I wish they would keep them in this job ... .
The Shaykh : No, they will employ them
The questioner : They will employ them, saying, "Instead of giving them to him, I will just employ them, and then I will give them to him later."
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, over such selfishness
The questioner : A shaykh ... that so-and-so owes me ten, fifteen thousand dinars ... .
The Shaykh : Heh, Allah is the Greatest
The questioner : ... in the bank so that he can invest them.
Another questioner: Then these, our Shaykh, would be, for example, the salaries of the workers, the employees. The institution is large. Thirty per month. Each one, from the new month, must be paid. They keep them until the fifth of the new month, until the seventh ... Okay, why do they say these people benefit from them? What is it to them? What is it to you, my brother? A week without a week.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is to him.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner: He ... even if they raise against them, they put their money, these ... three months, four months.
The Shaykh : But the banks transfer to them, so they go to check on them, and they say, "I have not come yet."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : "I have not come yet, I have not come yet," and it is coming.
The questioner : Yes, so that they can benefit.
The Shaykh : They benefit, it is forbidden, it is forbidden.