Fatwa #4360415 November 2019India
I once borrowed money from a Non-Mahram. What should i do?
Question
Assalamualaikum. I was once badly in need of money so i asked a male person whom I knew during my college days. He sent me on my husband's account and told not to return him back. There was no more talks nothing between us then.Please tell me is this a sin? What should i do about it?.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Sister in Islam,
In the enquired situation, if it was possible, you could have requested your husband to request for help from the person. Nevertheless, you requested help from the male out of need. [i] There was no further interaction between you and the male. However, if you have experienced any evil thought through that interaction, you should make Istighfaar.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mahmood Suliman
Student Darul Iftaa
Gaborone, Botswana
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
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[i] الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (6/ 369)
وَلَا يُكَلِّمُ الْأَجْنَبِيَّةَ إلَّا عَجُوزًا عَطَسَتْ أَوْ سَلَّمَتْ فَيُشَمِّتُهَا لَا يَرُدُّ السَّلَامَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَّا لَا انْتَهَى، وَبِهِ بَانَ أَنَّ لَفْظَهُ لَا فِي نَقْلِ الْقُهُسْتَانِيِّ، وَيُكَلِّمُهَا بِمَا لَا يَحْتَاجُ إلَيْهِ زَائِدَةٌ فَتَنَبَّهْ
تفسير الألوسي = روح المعاني (10/ 269)
وفي سؤاله عليه السلام إياهما دليل على جواز مكالمة الأجنبية فيما يعني (ووجد من دونهم امرئتينى تذودان قال ما خطبكما)
(3\85) احكام القرآن
قلت: و يشترط فيه الأمن من الشهوة من الجانبين بغلبة الظن و إلا فاكتساب سبب المعصية معصسة
و قال أيضا: و كذا ينبغي أن لا يتداخل في مكالمة الأجنبية الا لحاجة كما ههنا
فتاوى محمودية 28\77