Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Azaadville

Interest Funds To Pay Labourers

· 9 Shaʻban 1443 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Can one use interest money to pay one’s domestics or labourers and through what avenues can one get rid of it?

Answer

It is not permissible for one to derive any sort of benefit from the interest funds. By paying domestics and labourers, one is deriving personal benefit from the funds which is impermissible.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَأْكُلُواْ الرِّبَا أَضْعَافًا مُّضَاعَفَةً وَاتَّقُواْ اللّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

آل عمران ١٣٠

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Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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