Is it Permitted to Have Ribbis Paid to a Third Party?
Case: My friend is about to make a business deal and is short $50,000. He asked me to lend him the money for a few weeks and said he is willing to give back $5,000 extra. I'm not interested in relying on a heter iska, so I told him to just give the $5,000 to tzedakah.
Question: Is this permitted?
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Answer: This is an example of someone getting into bigger halachic issues because he doesn't want to rely on a heter iska. The general halacha is that ribbis is only forbidden if it is given from the lender to the borrower, and not if it is given to a third party. If, however, the lender tells the borrower to give the money to the third party, it is indeed forbidden.
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