how about Ribah ? loaning a dollar for a dollar and acquiring a lot of homes from the folks that can not pay back.

Should those homes be returned back to the childern of the original owners who lost it to riba

>From: Musa Amadu Pembo <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: I thought You might be interested!
>Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 16:04:38 +0000
>
>Question:
>A man worked in a haraam field (dealing in hashish) and made a lot
>of money
>and had children. He owns cars, farms and land, all of it from
>haraam money.
>He wants to repent – what should he do with his wife, wealth, cars
>and
>farms?.
>
>Answer:
>
>Praise be to Allaah.
>
>He should get rid of the haraam wealth by spending it in charitable
>ways.With regard to his wife and children,he need not worry about
>them.
>
>And Allaah is the Source of strength.
>
>Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth wa’l-Ifta, 14/29.
>
>With the very best of good wishes,
>Musa Amadu Pembo
>Glasgow,
>Scotland
>UK.
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>over the other. There is a great interest among the people to know
>about
>Islam and we should do our best to give the right message.
>May Allah,Subhana Wa Ta'Ala,guide us all to His Sirat Al-Mustaqim
>(Righteous
>Path).May He protect us from the evils of this life and the
>hereafter.May
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>which will
>benefit us, and to benefit us by that which we learn. May Allaah
>Subhanahu
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>family
>and
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