Interest from a non-Muslim

Question

Question: A landlord files a suit against a tenant cultivator for not paying the land rent, and after the decision the government has the amount, together with interest, paid by the cultivator to the landlord. Is it permissible to take this or not? May it be given towards the government land revenue or not? And if not, on what head of expenditure should it be spent?

Answer

If the cultivator is a Muslim, taking interest from him is not correct; if the government has had it paid, he should return it to him. If the cultivator is a non-Muslim, then, on the supposition that India is dar al-harb, according to the view of the Tarafayn (Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Muhammad)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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