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Wealth earned through deception

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Q: One person is asking for Help for his sons health. We gave him (not only me but so many others also gave) some money. Later we came to know that, that person is a fake and he did not have any kind of problems and he doesn’t have a child as well. Due to his bad lucky one day, I saw him and spoke to him. He was earning money like this for many years and when I was asked him didn’t you fear Allah he said yes I do. When I told him that earning money like this is haraam, he gave me a wired answer. After hearing the answer I was totally confused and I am totally confused. He said if he earned 1 lakh money that way, he will donate some amount as a Zakaat to purify the money. In this way he will be earning halaal income. 

Is this true? He said if your earn money unlawfully like interest and many other sources, if you give zakaat or donate some money, it will purify the money. Please guide me?

Bismillaah

A: Wealth earned through impermissible means (e.g. through stealing, cheating, deceiving etc.) is not halaal. Similarly money earned through interest is not halaal. Giving a small portion of the money in sadaqah or zakaat will not purify the wealth. Instead the entire amount should be given in charity without the intention of receiving reward.

And Allah Ta’ala knows best.

وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ  وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ  ﴿سورة المائدة ٢﴾

وقال في النهاية قال بعض مشايخنا كسب المغنية كالمغصوب لم يحل أخذه وعلى هذا قالوا لو مات الرجل وكسبه من بيع الباذق أو الظلم أو أخذ الرشوة يتورع الورثة ولا يأخذون منه شيئا وهو أولى بهم ويردونها على أربابها إن عرفوهم وإلا تصدقوا بها لأن سبيل الكسب الخبيث التصدق إذا تعذر الرد على صاحبه اه (ردالمحتار 6/ 385)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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