Is it permissible to use interest money, which is imposed in a foreign country and collected separately, for the husband's education, or to deposit it in a bank with a higher interest rate to increase the amount distributed as charity, or to buy gifts for relatives whose maintenance is not obligatory, such as the husband's brother or his sister's husband?
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Usurious gains are illicit wealth that its acquirer does not own, and it must be disposed of. It is not permissible for the husband to take this money and spend it on his educational interests or anything else, unless he is poor and in need, in which case he may spend from it on himself to the extent of his need, as stated by Al-Ghazali.
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