{"id":2709,"date":"2020-03-15T23:06:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T03:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2020-03-15T23:06:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T03:06:31","slug":"returning-money-unlawfully-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/returning-money-unlawfully-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning money unlawfully taken."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As-Salamu-Alaykum Shaykh,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to enquire what the\nstatus is of profits made from stolen\/usurped money (or money that doesn’t\nbelong to you)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realize that with regards to\nmoney\/wealth that doesn’t belong to a person, this money needs to be returned\nto its rightful owners. However, what about profits made from this stolen\nmoney, does this too need to be given to the owners of the original capital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eg: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) You bought a house using\nmoney that doesn’t belong to you, and you put that house on rent for 15 years.\nYou have now realised your mistake and wish to repent and return the original\nsum of money to the rightful owners. Do you return the original sum of money\nonly, or do you also given them all the rental income (multiplied by 15 years)\nthat you made? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this scenario, do you give\nthem the original sum of money or do you give them the house (which was bought\nusing their money) and transfer the ownership of the house to them? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) You put this money (which\ndoesn’t belong to you) in a bank and accrued bank interest off of it. Do you\ngive the rightful owners just the capital (original) amount of money or you\ngive them the original plus all bank interest that you had accrued using this\nmoney?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) Is inflation taken into account when returning money to their rightful owners?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wasslaamu Alaykum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As-sal\u0101mu \u2018alaykum wa-rahmatull\u0101hi wa-barak\u0101tuh.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stealing is a major sin and has negative consequences\non one earnings and Ibadaat. Whatever is stolen must be returned to the\nrightful owner. It is impermissible to utilize or take any benefit from the\nunlawful monies. If one performs Ibadaah with a stolen item that Ibadaah is not\naccepted. Consider the following Hadith:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Translation: It has been reported from Abdullah Ibn\nUmar that Nabi <\/em>(\ufdfa)\nsaid:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whoever buys a cloth for ten dirhams and one dirham is\nharam, Allah will not accept his Salaah as long as that cloth is upon him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the inquired case, the original sum of stolen money will have to be returned. The house may be sold to acquire back the money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any benefits acquired from the unlawful money, such as\nthe rental income will have to be given away in Sadaqah (charity)[1]<\/a>.\nIf the actual amount is unknown, an average should be made to the best of one\u2019s\nability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interest in itself is haram, and will have given away\nto the needy. Only the original sum of money that was unlawfully taken will\nhave to be returned to the owner, without considering inflations etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sincere Tawbah and Istighfaar should be made, and\nforgiveness must be sought from the owner to the monies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Allah Ta\u2019\u0101la Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mufti Arshad Ali<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darul Iftaa, Jaamia Madinatul Uloom (Trinidad)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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