Social security

Q 5: Many wealthy Muslim brothers receive social security because they have reached the legal age, namely sixty years old. Many others are under sixty and find other ways of bribing the officials in hospitals in order to receive this security money. What should one who took this money (Part No. 23; Page No. 482) by any of these two means do? Should he return it or give it in charity or utilize it?

A 5: First, a wealthy person should not accept security, nor should one under the legal age manipulate ways to get the security money, as this entails deception and consuming people's wealth unjustly.Second, whoever has taken anything of the security money by any of these means should give it back, if this will not harm him. Otherwise, he should give it in charity to the poor and repent to Allah and promise not to repeat this act again.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.