What is the ruling on the earnings obtained from a car purchased through a usurious method?
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The questioner: ... Yes, my father bought a car with a check, meaning he bought it through a method... some people with him... the car... so is this car...?
The Shaykh: Clarify your question, because I did not understand it.
The questioner: Yes, I am saying my father bought a car.
The Shaykh: When?
The questioner: A part of the price remained due on him.
The Shaykh: It remained.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: A part of its price remained due to whom?
The questioner: To its owners...
The Shaykh: Meaning the car...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: They said...
The Shaykh: Are you speaking about something that has already happened?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Or is it something that will happen?
The questioner: ... It has happened.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: ... that... three thousand... goes into this specific car... it is forbidden... there is a prohibition in it.
The Shaykh: Who is paying it... what does it have to do with the matter?
The questioner: These three thousand... the previous owners of the car, the remaining price of the car.
The Shaykh: Okay, why don't you say, for example, that he wrote a promissory note between him and the car owners? Why do you say a check? I know a check has a connection to the bank?
The questioner: Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh: Okay, say and clarify the issue, I am telling you, meaning he has to pay it to the bank.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He has to pay it to the bank, he has capital in the bank.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So what does he have to do, pay it in the bank?
The questioner: ... to the bank... and the bank transfers these funds to the car owners.
The Shaykh: So in summary, he bought the car.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Through an unlawful method.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Through a usurious method.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So you are asking about the earnings that the father obtains.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: From the car that was bought through a usurious method, meaning is there a prohibition in this matter or not?
The questioner: Yes, this...
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, it requires the whole cycle and turn, of course it includes everything, and why did you leave your father to buy a forbidden thing?
The questioner: By Allah, I did not... except after everything was completed, meaning.
The Shaykh: Yes, may Allah deliver you from unlawful wealth.
The Shaykh: Clarify your question, because I did not understand it.
The questioner: Yes, I am saying my father bought a car.
The Shaykh: When?
The questioner: A part of the price remained due on him.
The Shaykh: It remained.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: A part of its price remained due to whom?
The questioner: To its owners...
The Shaykh: Meaning the car...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: They said...
The Shaykh: Are you speaking about something that has already happened?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Or is it something that will happen?
The questioner: ... It has happened.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: ... that... three thousand... goes into this specific car... it is forbidden... there is a prohibition in it.
The Shaykh: Who is paying it... what does it have to do with the matter?
The questioner: These three thousand... the previous owners of the car, the remaining price of the car.
The Shaykh: Okay, why don't you say, for example, that he wrote a promissory note between him and the car owners? Why do you say a check? I know a check has a connection to the bank?
The questioner: Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh: Okay, say and clarify the issue, I am telling you, meaning he has to pay it to the bank.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He has to pay it to the bank, he has capital in the bank.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So what does he have to do, pay it in the bank?
The questioner: ... to the bank... and the bank transfers these funds to the car owners.
The Shaykh: So in summary, he bought the car.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Through an unlawful method.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Through a usurious method.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So you are asking about the earnings that the father obtains.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: From the car that was bought through a usurious method, meaning is there a prohibition in this matter or not?
The questioner: Yes, this...
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, it requires the whole cycle and turn, of course it includes everything, and why did you leave your father to buy a forbidden thing?
The questioner: By Allah, I did not... except after everything was completed, meaning.
The Shaykh: Yes, may Allah deliver you from unlawful wealth.
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