An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 133
133 people. And you can’t blame them either, when there is the man’s own statement which proves that he agrees to pay the interest. The courts therefore have no choice but to enforce the decree. It would have been much better if Muslims had come together and collected a fund which they could add on through investment. In this way, if someone stood in need, he could borrow an amount and return it within the fixed period…" 152 Then the Promised Messiah as said: "It is prohibited to use interest money on oneself, but nothing is prohibited for Allah. Money spent in the cause of Allah is not unlawful. For instance, no matter how sinful and unlawful it may be to use firearms and gunpowder but if a person doesn’t use it against an enemy who is ready to kill him, will well nigh destroy himself. Does not Allah Himself say that pork is not forbidden for a man who has been starving for three days? How then can it be unlawful to use money gained from interest in the cause of Allah? People have no part in it, but spending it for the spread of Islam and preserving the life of Islam, I can say with full confidence and certainty, is included in the injunction: ‘There is no sin in it. ’ Hence it will count as an exception. In the propagation of Islam, there are countless needs which require money. " 153 At another occasion H u du r said: "Money is needed for the spread of Islam. And if interest that we receive from banks, is spent for this cause then it will be considered as lawful as it is spent purely for Allah, and nothing is forbidden for Him. I have already mentioned that no matter where bullets or gunpowder come from, it is lawful to use them in Jihad. These are things which are easily understood, because they are so simple. Allah Almighty has declared pork to be unlawful, but at the same time he says: 152 Al-Badr February 6, 1908. 153 Al-Badr , September 29, 1905.