The ruling on taking riba interest for one who did not intend it

Question:
I gave my brother in Egypt a sum of money and told him, "Leave this amount in an investment entity." He took the amount and placed it in a riba-based entity, and at that time it generated profits. How do you advise me regarding those profits? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Those profits are to be spent on some charitable projects, and you are entitled to nothing but the principal. Your brother must repent to Allah for this and not return to it. The profits you received through riba are to be spent on some charitable projects, such as giving charity to the poor, paying off the debt of a person in financial distress, repairing the restrooms of mosques, repairing some roads, meeting the needs of some schools, or the like. These are charitable projects in which these funds are spent, as they have no lawful owner in the Shari'ah; rather, they are of the kind of lost funds and pledges whose owners are unknown, and the like. Yes.