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Is it permissible not to visit relatives during Ramadan due to financial hardship and the inability to buy gifts, knowing that going without a gift is unacceptable in the place of residence, and buying them would lead to borrowing and usury?

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It is not permissible to borrow from an usurious bank except in cases of dire necessity. If a loan was previously taken from an usurious bank, repentance to Allah is obligatory, because usury is a war with Allah and His Messenger, a barrier to success, and one of the seven destructive sins. Allah does not burden a soul beyond its capacity regarding kinship ties. Visiting can be replaced by calling or messaging if going without a gift is not feasible.

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