Debt and Loan: Ruling on Repaying Debts with Illegitimate (Harām) Money

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Debt and Loan: Ruling on Repaying Debts with Illegitimate (Harām) Money

English:

Question #1746:

What is the view on paying off a debt with ill-gotten money?

Answer #1746:

The debt is not considered settled by paying it off with other people’s money. Accordingly, the debtor remains indebted.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Debt and Loan