What is the ruling on inheriting money mixed with riba?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. A man inherited money from his father, and this money was mixed with riba and non-riba, because his father worked in trade. What is the ruling on inheriting this money?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it; he inherits it as lawful for him, because we do not know that any of the Muslims said: it is obligatory for the heirs to investigate how their deceased acquired this money. Yes, if we know that there is something stolen in this money, then it is obligatory for us to return the stolen item to its owner if we know him, or otherwise we give it in charity to rid ourselves of it. As for the earnings, the sin is upon the earner, not upon the heir. Did you understand the difference?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Good, in order, my brothers.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it; he inherits it as lawful for him, because we do not know that any of the Muslims said: it is obligatory for the heirs to investigate how their deceased acquired this money. Yes, if we know that there is something stolen in this money, then it is obligatory for us to return the stolen item to its owner if we know him, or otherwise we give it in charity to rid ourselves of it. As for the earnings, the sin is upon the earner, not upon the heir. Did you understand the difference?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Good, in order, my brothers.