If a usurer has money in the bank and has not received its interest, do we tell him to receive it and give it in charity?

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The questioner : If the usurer repents

The Shaykh : If it is

The questioner : If the usurer repents and he has money in the banks and has not received its interest

The Shaykh : Lam

The questioner : has not received its interest

The Shaykh : Yes

The questioner : do we tell him to receive it and give it in charity

The Shaykh : No, no, we do not say that. I mean, if he entered into usury but did not receive the usury, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said

The riba of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance is abolished.

ربا الجاهلية موضوع

and Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said

⁽²⁷⁸⁾ O you who have believed, fear Allah and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers. ⁽²⁷⁹⁾ And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allah and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.

يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وذروا ما بقي من الربا إن كنتم مؤمنين فإن لم تفعلوا فأذنوا بحرب من الله ورسوله وإن تبتم فلكم رؤوس أموالكم لا تظلمون ولا تظلمون

[Al-Baqarah 2:278-279]

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