What is the ruling on the fasting of one who consumes riba (usury or interest) and sells intoxicants?
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Question:
Is the fast of the one who consumes riba (usury or interest) in the month of Ramadan accepted?
Answer:
Riba (usury or interest) is forbidden in Ramadan and in other times; consuming riba (usury or interest) is forbidden in Ramadan and in other times.
Q: And is the fasting accepted?
The Shaykh: It is hoped that it will be accepted, but he is in danger from sins.
Q: In Europe, in some shops, the owners are Muslims, and in Ramadan they sell intoxicants and pork?
The Shaykh: One must be cautious and must forbid them from it, and they must be taught that this is forbidden and wrong, so that they learn and benefit and leave it.
Q: But does it not enter into the fasting?
The Shaykh: No, the fasting is diminished, but it is not invalidated. Nothing invalidates the fasting except its nullifiers. However, since he commits sins, the sins diminish the fasting, diminish the reward, and diminish the recompense.
Is the fast of the one who consumes riba (usury or interest) in the month of Ramadan accepted?
Answer:
Riba (usury or interest) is forbidden in Ramadan and in other times; consuming riba (usury or interest) is forbidden in Ramadan and in other times.
Q: And is the fasting accepted?
The Shaykh: It is hoped that it will be accepted, but he is in danger from sins.
Q: In Europe, in some shops, the owners are Muslims, and in Ramadan they sell intoxicants and pork?
The Shaykh: One must be cautious and must forbid them from it, and they must be taught that this is forbidden and wrong, so that they learn and benefit and leave it.
Q: But does it not enter into the fasting?
The Shaykh: No, the fasting is diminished, but it is not invalidated. Nothing invalidates the fasting except its nullifiers. However, since he commits sins, the sins diminish the fasting, diminish the reward, and diminish the recompense.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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