{"id":35844,"date":"2025-05-13T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=35844"},"modified":"2025-07-29T22:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T22:21:40","slug":"permissibility-of-using-statutory-interest-received-after-being-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/permissibility-of-using-statutory-interest-received-after-being-scammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Permissibility of Using Statutory Interest Received After Being Scammed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fatwa ID: 08231<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by: Maulana Sheik Abdel Ahaad Imrit<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I got scammed in January. Now I’m getting a third of it back plus statutory interest from the bank with the help of my solicitors. The definition of statutory interest which was given to me was that it is for the inconvenience for the time I didn’t have that money. Now can I use that money (statutory interest), or am I not able to use it?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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A gift is something you give to someone else as a kind gesture or favor, expecting nothing back in return. In Islamic law, it means giving full ownership of something to another person without asking for payment or any kind of trade in return.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Interest in Islamic law is that one side in a deal or agreement gets something extra without having to pay for it or give anything in return, and it\u2019s agreed upon as part of the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Your situation fits the definition of a gift more than of interest, as this was not a condition you have stipulated and that they are giving it without asking any compensation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hence, you can use the money.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\u00ab(\u0627\u0644\u0647\u0628\u0629) \u0644\u063a\u0629: \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0628\u0631\u0639 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0641\u0636\u0644 \u0628\u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0646\u0641\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0647\u0648\u0628 \u0645\u0637\u0644\u0642\u0627\u064b\u060c \u0648\u0634\u0631\u0639\u0627: \u062a\u0645\u0644\u064a\u0643 \u0639\u064a\u0646 \u0628\u0644\u0627 \u0639\u0648\u0636\u060c\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\u00ab\u200c\u200c\u0643\u0650\u062a\u064e\u0627\u0628\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0647\u0650\u0628\u064e\u0629\u0650<\/span>
\n\u0648\u064e\u062c\u0652\u0647\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0633\u064e\u0628\u064e\u0629\u0650 \u0638\u064e\u0627\u0647\u0650\u0631\u064c (\u0647\u0650\u064a\u064e) \u0644\u064f\u063a\u064e\u0629\u064b: \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0651\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0636\u0651\u064f\u0644\u064f \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u063a\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0648\u0652 \u063a\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064e \u0645\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064d. \u0648\u064e\u0634\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0639\u064b\u0627: (\u062a\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0644\u0650\u064a\u0643\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0639\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0646\u0650 \u0645\u064e\u062c\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064b\u0627) \u0623\u064e\u064a\u0652 \u0628\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0627 \u0639\u0650\u0648\u064e\u0636\u064d \u0644\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0639\u064e\u062f\u064e\u0645\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0639\u0650\u0648\u064e\u0636\u0650 \u0634\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0637\u064c \u0641\u0650\u064a\u0647\u0650\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Answered by Maulana Sheik Abdel Ahaad Imrit<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n

Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n

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