Riba.
Pillars of Islam
Asked on 21st April 2020
Question
Hi sheikh,
My elder brother is facing lot of delay from his company for salary. The only option for him to survive is use credit card.
But as the salary is delayed for 3 months, he gets interest charged on the amount. Is it permissible?
Whenever i got to their home, they want me join them for food. I couldnt reject it.
Whether it is halal or not?
Answer
Assalaamou'alaikoum.
He is not supposed to deal in interest whatsoever UNLESS he or any of his family member is about to die and no one else is available to help them out. It would have been better they take a loan from a friend or relative rather than dealing with Riba. May Allah protect us all.
In regards to you eating there is fine in shaa Allah.
The more correct view is that it is permissible to deal with him and to accept his gifts.
This is the opinion that is regarded as most correct by most contemporary scholars.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
It is proven from the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) that he accepted a gift from a Jewish woman when she gave him a (roasted) sheep during the campaign to Khaybar; the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) accepted the invitation of the Jewish man in Madinah who invited him to eat barley bread and fat. And he dealt with the Jews, buying and selling, to such an extent that when he died his shield was being held in pledge with a Jewish man for some barley that he had bought for his family. This indicates that it is permissible to deal with someone whose wealth includes that which is haraam, because the Jews – as Allah, may He be exalted, described them – “(like to) listen to falsehood, [and] to devour anything forbidden” [al-Maa’idah 5:42].
Based on that, there is nothing wrong with you accepting gifts from your friend and eating his food.
He is not supposed to deal in interest whatsoever UNLESS he or any of his family member is about to die and no one else is available to help them out. It would have been better they take a loan from a friend or relative rather than dealing with Riba. May Allah protect us all.
In regards to you eating there is fine in shaa Allah.
The more correct view is that it is permissible to deal with him and to accept his gifts.
This is the opinion that is regarded as most correct by most contemporary scholars.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
It is proven from the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) that he accepted a gift from a Jewish woman when she gave him a (roasted) sheep during the campaign to Khaybar; the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) accepted the invitation of the Jewish man in Madinah who invited him to eat barley bread and fat. And he dealt with the Jews, buying and selling, to such an extent that when he died his shield was being held in pledge with a Jewish man for some barley that he had bought for his family. This indicates that it is permissible to deal with someone whose wealth includes that which is haraam, because the Jews – as Allah, may He be exalted, described them – “(like to) listen to falsehood, [and] to devour anything forbidden” [al-Maa’idah 5:42].
Based on that, there is nothing wrong with you accepting gifts from your friend and eating his food.