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Interest Money For Subsidising Fees

Question:

Assalaamu Alaikum

we have a query on accumulated interest money.

We are running a college for the indigenous malawians, and because they cant afford the full amount of fees and other expenses so for muslims it is subsidised by zakaat money and for non muslims by sadqa or lillah money.

the question is can we use interest money for non muslims instead of lillah or sadqa to subsidise their expenses.

note the interest is accumulated unwillingly

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The avenue of dispensing interest money is the poor and needy without the intention of reward. If the students in reference are poor and needy, they may be assisted through interest money.

We advise a system be placed for the students to become the owners of the interest / Zakat money and they in turn pay for the fees etc. The procedure of wakalah (delegated authority) may be adopted to achieve this. [1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim

Darul Iftaa
Limbe, Malawi

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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[1] المبسوط للسرخسي (12/ 216) – دار المعرفة – بيروت

قَالَ (وَأَكْرَهُ تَوْكِيلُ الذِّمِّيِّ يَعْقِدُ لَهُ السَّلَمَ وَإِنْ فَعَلَهُ يَجُوزُ لِأَنَّ الذِّمِّيَّ لَا يَتَحَرَّزُ عَنْ الرِّبَا وَعَنْ مُبَاشَرَةِ الْعَقْدِ الْفَاسِدِ إمَّا لِجَهْلِهِ بِذَلِكَ أَوْ لِاعْتِقَادِهِ أَوْ قَصْدِهِ أَنْ يُوَكِّلَ الْمُسْلِمَ الْحَرَامَ فَلِهَذَا يُكْرَهُ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْتَمِنَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَيَجُوزُ لَهُ إنْ فَعَلَهُ) لِأَنَّ عَقْدَ السَّلَمِ مِنْ الْمُعَامَلَاتِ وَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ يَسْتَوُونَ بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ

 

الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (6/ 385) – دار الفكر-بيروت

 وَعَلَى هَذَا قَالُوا لَوْ مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ وَكَسْبُهُ مِنْ بَيْعِ الْبَاذَقِ أَوْ الظُّلْمِ أَوْ أَخْذِ الرِّشْوَةِ يَتَوَرَّعُ الْوَرَثَةُ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُونَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا وَهُوَ أَوْلَى بِهِمْ وَيَرُدُّونَهَا عَلَى أَرْبَابِهَا إنْ عَرَفُوهُمْ، وَإِلَّا تَصَدَّقُوا بِهَا لِأَنَّ سَبِيلَ الْكَسْبِ الْخَبِيثِ التَّصَدُّقُ إذَا تَعَذَّرَ الرَّدُّ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ اهـ

 

تبيين الحقائق شرح كنز الدقائق وحاشية الشلبي (6/ 27) – المطبعة الكبرى الأميرية – بولاق، القاهرة

وَيَرُدُّونَهَا عَلَى أَرْبَابِهَا إنْ عَرَفُوهُمْ، وَإِلَّا تَصَدَّقُوا بِهَا؛ لِأَنَّ سَبِيلَ الْكَسْبِ الْخَبِيثِ التَّصَدُّقُ إذَا تَعَذَّرَ الرَّدُّ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ.

 

فتاوی دار العلوم دیوبند (14/136) – اشاعت

فطرہ وغیرہ صدقات واجبہ میں “تملیک فقیر” ضروری ہے،

 

فتاوی عثمانی (128/3) – –کتبہ معارف القرآن کراچی

مال حرام سے متعلق دیکھئے تحقیق

 


This answer was collected from DarulIftaaMW.com, which is the official website of Darul Iftaa Malawi, head by Mufti Safwaan Ibrahim.
He completed his Aalimiyyah studies in Darul Uloom Azaadville and further studied his Iftaa course at Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah – both in South Africa.

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