What should a husband do who has been working in a usurious bank for 10 years and has taken interest-based loans from the bank (a car loan and a housing loan) that are repaid from his salary, and now, after learning of its unlawfulness, he cannot repay these loans in a single payment because the bank only accepts deducting them from his salary or repaying them in a single lump sum, and the amount is large?
"A loan with interest is forbidden and is considered a grave sin. The one who engages in it must offer sincere repentance. One who was unaware of the ruling may or may not be excused, for this is something that is not unknown in Muslim lands except through negligence."
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