What is the ruling on a government financial grant to a citizen, placed in banking shares that the citizen does not dispose of but receives profits from?
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Profits from shares placed in usurious banks are considered ill-gotten gains. A citizen is not permitted to benefit from them unless they are poor or needy, or intend to spend them on those who are.
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