What is the evidence of the majority school of thought that money earned unlawfully does not change its unlawful status through transfer, and will those who violate this be held accountable on the Day of Judgment?
The Hadith of Barirah is used to infer a jurisprudential principle: "The difference in causes necessitates a difference in the ruling of the entities." If the cause for possessing something changes, it is considered changed in ruling, even if it has not changed in reality. Thus, money earned unlawfully is forbidden for its possessor to benefit from, but it is lawful for the poor because they did not acquire it through an unlawful cause. Many scholars and devout individuals have distinguished between what is forbidden in itself and what is forbidden due to its earning, holding that money forbidden due to its earning is not forbidden for anyone other than the one who earned it.
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