What is the ruling on one who took a sum of money, approximately twenty thousand riyals, and then denied this amount and rejected it, where there is no document and no witnesses?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on one who took a sum of money, approximately twenty thousand riyals, and then denied this amount and rejected it, where there is no document and no witnesses, and said, "I will bear the beating and imprisonment, but I will not pay a single riyal," knowing that this was a loan? And is a loan considered a debt, or what? Please issue a ruling on this question, and may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a person to deny what is obligatory for him to his brother, whether it is a loan, the price of a sale, the rent of a house or a car, or anything else. Whoever does this and seizes this money with a false oath will meet Allah while He is angry with him, may Allah protect us from that.
And a loan is an act of kindness from the lender to the borrower, that is, from the one who lends to the one who borrows. It is astonishing that this man responded to this kindness with harm, may Allah protect us from that, by denying it. So his sin is greater than the sin of one who has no favor upon him regarding the debt that is upon him.
And the questionThe questioner : Is a loan part of a debt or not? We say: Yes, it is part of a debt, because in the Shari'ah, everything that is established in the liability is a debt, whether it is the price of a sale, rent, a loan, or anything else. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable one.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a person to deny what is obligatory for him to his brother, whether it is a loan, the price of a sale, the rent of a house or a car, or anything else. Whoever does this and seizes this money with a false oath will meet Allah while He is angry with him, may Allah protect us from that.
And a loan is an act of kindness from the lender to the borrower, that is, from the one who lends to the one who borrows. It is astonishing that this man responded to this kindness with harm, may Allah protect us from that, by denying it. So his sin is greater than the sin of one who has no favor upon him regarding the debt that is upon him.
And the questionThe questioner : Is a loan part of a debt or not? We say: Yes, it is part of a debt, because in the Shari'ah, everything that is established in the liability is a debt, whether it is the price of a sale, rent, a loan, or anything else. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable one.