Back to search
The question

What is the ruling on money acquired from usury after its owner repents, and what is the method for purifying this money, and is it permissible to work for the father who possesses this money?

Share this answer

Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · imported Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
The answer

If a person involved in usury repents with sincere repentance ( nasuh), then Allah will accept his repentance. A condition for the repentance of the borrower who dealt with usurious interest is to eliminate the usurious transaction by returning the borrowed money without the interest if the money is still available, or by returning an equivalent amount if it is not. Whatever he bought with this money is lawfully owned by him. He is only required to return the principal amount, as Allah Almighty says: (And if you repent, you will have your principal – [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged). So, if the father returns the principal amount, repents, and shows remorse, then there is nothing against him except to continue in repentance and increase in good deeds. And by extension, there is nothing against his son, the agent.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · imported

Read the full answer on Ftawy
Where this answer came from
Source platform
Ftawy
Original fatwa ID
37443
Imported
Translation status
Source text, unreviewed
Read the full ruling
Read the full answer on Ftawy