Accepting the repentance of one whose wealth is forbidden
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Question:
A man whose entire wealth is forbidden has married from it, performed Hajj from it, and conducted trade. He wants to repent, so what should he do?
Answer:
If he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. The wealth is a matter of consideration. Some scholars hold that it belongs to him, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Surat al-Baqarah: 275].
If he takes from it what satisfies his needs and gives charity from it, that is sufficient, if Allah wills. If he purifies himself from all of it and gives it in charity to causes of righteousness, and renews his earnings with lawful means, that is safer and better. However, if he is poor and benefits from it, that is because Allah said:[Al-Baqarah 2:275] This includes the disbelievers who embraced Islam and had been practicing riba, which is forbidden, and it was left with them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not tell them to return the riba money after they repented and embraced Islam. So, some scholars said that this Muslim is like the disbeliever; whoever is in a worse state than the disbeliever is more deserving of leniency than the disbeliever if he repents, because depriving him of his wealth might also deter him from repenting. Thus, if he repents, he has a way regarding the wealth he repented over. If it becomes easy for him to dispose of it, because Islam prevents him from it, and he gives it in charity, that is safer to avoid the disagreement among scholars.
The Hajj is valid because it is a physical act that has no connection to wealth, but it is not permissible for him to spend the impure wealth.
A man whose entire wealth is forbidden has married from it, performed Hajj from it, and conducted trade. He wants to repent, so what should he do?
Answer:
If he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. The wealth is a matter of consideration. Some scholars hold that it belongs to him, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allah. But whoever returns to [dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
فَمَنْ جَاءَهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَانْتَهَى فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَأُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَIf he takes from it what satisfies his needs and gives charity from it, that is sufficient, if Allah wills. If he purifies himself from all of it and gives it in charity to causes of righteousness, and renews his earnings with lawful means, that is safer and better. However, if he is poor and benefits from it, that is because Allah said:
may have what is past
فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَThe Hajj is valid because it is a physical act that has no connection to wealth, but it is not permissible for him to spend the impure wealth.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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