Answer:
I believe, ‘yes’. In fact, using those funds to help the needy or
investing them in a noble cause, without expecting rewards in return, is the
best possible attitude one can adopt. In today’s world, where interest is deeply
ingrained in society, adopting a charitable attitude seems to be the best
option, when it is not in one’s authority to change a system or to eliminate the
evils within a system. Since consuming such an amount is obviously prohibited,
the only legal venues for such funds seem to be the doors of the needy. So,
please do continue in this direction, and as you very rightly point out, without
granting it the status of earning reward from God, for that can only be a
product of some form of income which is not prohibited. |