Is it permissible for me to benefit from the money my friend gave me, even though I don't need it?
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It is permissible to benefit from money accepted from others, whether as assistance, charity (), or a gift (hiba). It is not a condition for the recipient to be poor; indeed, jurists have explicitly stated the permissibility of giving charity to the wealthy.
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