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Transacting With A Person Whose Income Is From Impermissible Means

May I enter into a transaction with someone whose income is from impermissible means?

It is impermissible to enter into a transaction (e.g. partnering in a business, borrowing, receiving a gift, etc.), even if a Shariah-compliant one, with an individual whose worth derived directly from interest or other unlawful means is greater than 50% when this is certain, where interest involvement for this purpose is measured as the financial extent of the interest dealings (e.g. if 5% of a $100 transaction is interest, $5 of the transaction, not the entire $100, will be considered unlawful for the purposes of determining the unlawfulness of the person’s wealth, even though the entire transaction is unlawful); it is offensive to enter into a transaction with an individual when there is doubt about whether the worth that he derived directly from interest or other unlawful means is greater than 50%.

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