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Should he sell lend to one who he knows will use it as collateral for a riba-based loan?

Question: 117416

What is the ruling on selling a piece of land to a person who wants to use it as collateral to obtain a riba-based loan?.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

If it is known that this
person is buying the land in order to use it as collateral to get a
riba-based loan, then it is not permissible to sell it to him, so that you
will not be helping him in that sin. Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning): 

“Help you one another in
Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one
another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe
in punishment”

[al-Maa’idah 5:2]

The fuqaha’ have stated
that it is haraam to sell things that may be used to help in committing sin,
such as selling grapes to one who will make wine from them, or selling
weapons at times of turmoil, and so on. 

Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah
have mercy on him) said: To sum up: selling juice to one who it is believed
will use it to make wine is haraam. 

Then he said: The same
ruling applies to everything that is intended for haraam purposes, such as
selling weapons to those who are waging war (against the Muslims) or to
bandits, or at times of turmoil, or selling a slave woman to be a singer or
to be hired out, or renting his house for alcohol to be sold in it or to be
used as a church, and so on. This is haraam and the rental contract is
invalid. Ibn ‘Aqeel said: Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on him) stated
several issues in which he drew attention to that, and he said concerning
butchers and bakers: If he knows that the one who is buying from him is
going to invite people to drink alcohol with the food, then he should not
sell to him. End quote from al-Mughni (4/154). 

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn
Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: It is not right to sell to one
who intends to do haraam with (the purchased items), such as juice which
will be used to make wine, if he knows that is the case, as is the view of
Ahmad and others, or if he thinks that this is likely, which is one of the
two views. This is supported by the view of his companions, who said: If the
landlord thinks that the renter is renting the house for sinful purposes,
such as selling alcohol and the like, it is not permissible for him to rent
that house out to him, and the rent contract is not valid. Selling and
renting are the same. End quote from al-Fataawa al-Kubra (5/388). 

And he said in Sharh
al-‘Umdah (4/386): Every garment that he thinks will most likely be used
for sinful purposes, it is not permissible to sell it to or sew it for one
who will use it for sinful and wrong purposes. End quote. 

And Allaah knows best.

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