HARAAM MONEY AND SADAQAH

Imam Sufyaan Ath-Thawri (Rahmatullahi 'alayh) says: "A person who spends Haraam money for something good is like a person who is cleaning a cloth with urine."

It goes without saying that this garment will become dirtier. So, the money that was acquired in a Haraam way such as lottery, cannot be purified by giving part of it in Sadaqah.

[English version of "La monnaie haraam et sadaqah" – Al Jamiat – Vol.2 No.11]