What is the ruling on receiving a pension after the death of the deceased?
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The questioner : Well, regarding the pension money, it comes to the father after his father dies. Does this father take it?
The Shaykh : Why not? Did he work for it? Or was it the result of riba from his father? No, no. This is a system they imposed by force. If it has no connection to riba transactions, it is permissible for him, just as it was permissible for the deceased to take it.
The questioner : But he has to calculate the money, meaning, if he looks to see whether...
The Shaykh : That is another matter.
The questioner : For example, they were taking money from him for retirement for a period of twenty years, so he calculates this period and looks.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. As for this, it is a well-known matter. He takes only what was accumulated for him, and not what they accumulated for him from riba.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Why not? Did he work for it? Or was it the result of riba from his father? No, no. This is a system they imposed by force. If it has no connection to riba transactions, it is permissible for him, just as it was permissible for the deceased to take it.
The questioner : But he has to calculate the money, meaning, if he looks to see whether...
The Shaykh : That is another matter.
The questioner : For example, they were taking money from him for retirement for a period of twenty years, so he calculates this period and looks.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. As for this, it is a well-known matter. He takes only what was accumulated for him, and not what they accumulated for him from riba.
The questioner: Yes.
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