Answered by SunniPath Answer Service Team
Could you tell me who is eligible to take the interest money given to us by banks when we want to give it for charity.
Answer:
Wa Alaykum Assalam wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu,
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful & Compassionate
From a previous question answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani:
One may either give this money to those deserving of zakat (=the poor and needy), or to charities. There is nothing wrong or dubious with accepting this money, because the sin devolves back to the person who wrongful engaged in the unlawful transaction and not the actual money itself.
Wassalam,
Sunni Path Fiqh Team
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