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Is it permissible to benefit from the interest accrued on a sum of a bank loan that was deposited into an account after the need for it ceased, in exchange for the interest that the bank takes on the same loan?

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It is not permissible to benefit from usurious interest, and one must dispose of it by spending it on charitable causes. Furthermore, money must be withdrawn from an interest-based bank unless there is extreme necessity and no Islamic bank is available.

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