What should someone do who has amassed a vast fortune from unlawful money and wishes to purify his wealth after marriage and having two daughters, fearing for them from the unlawful?
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You must repent to Allah. Money taken unjustly must be returned to its rightful owners as a condition for repentance. As for money acquired from unlawful work with the consent of the other party, it should not be returned to its owners; rather, it should be disposed of by spending it on the welfare of Muslims. You are permitted to take from it what suffices you for a permissible livelihood.
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