Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
Question
I have a follow-up question for your answer to my earlier question on Spending Haram Wealth
The fact that £1600 was Unlawful and that I was given possession of £400 of that and my mum kept the other £1200 for later on in life, does that have an effect on my purchases, I think what il trying to say is that does it matter that I possessed only the minority of haram wealth or is the whole of the £1600 considered mine even though I didn’t possess the £1200.
Second to that, if theoretically, the majority of one’s wealth was £1600 (impermissible) and £400 permissible, by the same principle could spend only up to £400 and not exceed that.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
The entire £1,600 is your property even if your mother is the one holding on to it. It is necessary for you to return that amount back to its rightful owner, in any way possible. As long as you still possess more than £1,600, all surplus money is permissible (halal).
Therefore the purchases made with the remainder of your money are permissible and unaffected.
If, however, your total balance falls to £1,600 or below any purchases made at that point will be considered illicit. For this reason, I would advise returning the money as soon as possible, to avoid such a situation. [Haskafi, al-Durr al-Mukhtar (Bab al-Ghasb); Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
Hope this helps
Allah A’lam
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani