What to do with earned interest ? : can earned interest be used to pay due interest ?

Fatawa Question

Since I am an expatriate and there are no means to do monetary transactions using Islamic Banks, I am forced to maintain an account in a non-Islamic Bank. Can I use the interest obtained from this account to pay back the interest incurred (even by others) on loans from such Banks ? Is this not a good way to deal with interest, as one is not using the interest gained from ones account and at the same time is not giving interest (to the Bank) from your Halal money ? can the money from interest be given to help the poor ? Jazakumu Allahu Khair.

Fatwa

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Publication Date

2001-03-02

Main Subjects

Financial and Accounting Sciences
Islamic Studies

Topics

No. of Pages

2

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-726166

American Psychological Association (APA)

Qahf, Mundhir. 2001-03-02. What to do with earned interest ? : can earned interest be used to pay due interest ?. .
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Qahf, Mundhir. What to do with earned interest ? : can earned interest be used to pay due interest ?. 2001-03-02.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Qahf, Mundhir. 2001-03-02. What to do with earned interest ? : can earned interest be used to pay due interest ?.
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