Debt and Loan: Responsibility for Legal Enforcement Costs in Debt Repayment
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Debt and Loan: Responsibility for Legal Enforcement Costs in Debt Repayment
English:
Question #1744:
A person who borrowed a certain amount of money refused to pay it back. The lender took him to court to recover the debt. The court ruled in favour of the lender. Accordingly, the borrower had to pay back the debt; he also paid a tax for law enforcement. Is the lender responsible for that according to shar‘?
Answer #1744:
If the procrastinating debtor has to pay the tax of law enforcement, the creditor is liable to nothing in this regard.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Debt and Loan