Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 736

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بَيْتَهُ أَوْ دُكَّانَهُ لِلْبَنْكِ فَتَعَامَلَ فِيهِ بِالرِّبَا، فَإِنَّ الْأُجْرَةَ حَرَامٌ، وَلَا تَحِلُّ لِصَاحِبِ الْبَيْتِ أَوْ صَاحِبِ الدُّكَّانِ.

If someone rents their house or shop to a bank that uses it for usury, the rent is forbidden and unlawful for the owner to accept.

وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ أَجَّرَ شَخْصًا يَبِيعُ الْمَجَلَّاتِ الْخَلِيعَةَ أَوِ الْمُفْسِدَةَ فِي الْأَفْكَارِ الرَّدِيئَةِ وَمُصَادَمَةِ الشَّرْعِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَجُوزُ تَأْجِيرُ الْمَحَلَّاتِ لِمَنْ يَبِيعُ هَذِهِ الْمَجَلَّاتِ؛ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ: ﴿وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ﴾، وَتَأْجِيرُ الْمَحَلَّاتِ لِهَؤُلَاءِ مَعُونَةٌ لَهُمْ، وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا حَرَّمَ شَيْئًا حَرَّمَ ثَمَنَهُ».

The same applies to renting space to someone who sells indecent magazines or material that corrupts minds and defies religious law. It is impermissible to lease premises to such vendors, as Allah the Almighty commanded: "Do not cooperate in sin and aggression." Leasing property to them constitutes assistance in their wrongdoing, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) stated: "When Allah forbids a thing, He forbids its price."

وَفِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى شِدَّةِ وَرَعِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَهُوَ جَدِيرٌ بِهَذَا؛ لِأَنَّهُ الْخَلِيفَةُ الْأَوَّلُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا، وَلِهَذَا كَانَ قَوْلُ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَفْضَلُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ؛ لِأَنَّهُ الْخَلِيفَةُ الْأَوَّلُ.

This hadith reflects the profound piety of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). He was worthy of this status as the first Caliph of this nation after its Prophet. For this reason, the scholars of the Sunnah and the Community hold that Abu Bakr is the best of this nation, precisely because he was the first Caliph.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (15 verbs · 63 nouns)

• تَعَامَلَ — to deal
• حَلَّ — to be lawful
• أَجَّرَ — to rent out
• بَيْت — house
• دُكَّان — shop
• بَنْك — bank