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Fatwa CenterHer husband uses interest money and does not pay Zakah
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As Salamu Alaikum! Dear Sheikh, My husband is kind, caring & loving too. we have 2 kids. He does pray. week ends some times he miss fajr willfully due to gusl. The problem is he is not paying his zakaa. but he lookafter his father & his widow sister & us very well. he have bank accounts & he said he is useing the interest money also. when I remind of the interest money & zakaa he really get mad over me. he doesent wants to hear islamic things. only when I talk Islam he get angry. Even when he is in a good mood if I say these things, he says that I spoild his good mood. he sees movies,songs also. he says that he is relaxing that way.my question is what about the food me & my children eating? I told him 'please dont feed us with the haraam interest money' as usual he got angry and said 'then you find a job & earn'. now i dont tell any islamic things & he is happy with me. I only ask Allah dua to guide him. at the moment I try avoid much unwanted food.{sweets} even if i like that food. but the kids eats. what should I do and how should I behave? May Allah Reward You!
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
First of all, may Allaah reward you for fulfilling the obligation of advising your husband because neglecting the Fajr prayer without a sound reason is a grave major sin, and deliberately delaying the Ghusl (ritual bath) after sexual defilement until the time of the Fajr prayer ends is an evil matter. For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 90478.
Also, among the great evils is covetously withholding Zakah and not paying it, as there is a severe threat in the Quran and the Sunnah for whoever does so; for more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 145065.
Moreover, it is forbidden for a Muslim to benefit from the interests; rather, one should get rid of it by spending it in charitable fields.
Besides, your husband is also forbidden to listen to songs and to watch indecent films as we clarified in Fataawa 81239 and 89099.
In any case, it is not permissible for your husband to feed you with his ill-gotten money and it is not permissible for you to benefit from his ill-gotten money except for a necessity. When the necessity is removed and you become in no need (of it), then you should not benefit from his ill-gotten money. However, if his lawful money is mixed with his ill-gotten money, then it is disliked to eat from it but it is not forbidden. We have already clarified this in Fataawa 87680 and 91257.
Allaah Knows best.
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