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Is it permissible to buy a housing unit from a second owner if the first owner had paid usurious maintenance deposits?

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There is no objection to purchasing apartments provided that a maintenance fee is paid as a deposit, regardless of whether the amount is deposited in usurious banks or not; because it falls under the price of the apartment, and the sin is on the one who deposits it in a usurious account. Likewise, the buyer has no option to cancel the condition, and this falls under the ruling of compulsory insurance imposed by states, which scholars have permitted when one is compelled to it, so the sin is on the one who compels it. If the deposit amount is part of the price, the matter is easier, and purchasing the apartment from someone who has paid the deposit is more permissible due to the absence of usurious depositing.

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