Is it permissible for the company to impose a fine for late payment of apartment installments, knowing that the sales contract stipulates a 3% fine, and that the company had not applied it previously but began to demand it after incurring losses?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
Imposing a financial penalty on a buyer who is late in paying loan installments is a usurious and forbidden condition. It is not permissible to enter into a contract that includes it. Working to collect this forbidden penalty is not permissible, and it is not permissible for the questioner to undertake this work unless there is a religious necessity that permits the commission of what is otherwise forbidden.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/177368
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 177368
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy