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Does money borrowed from an interest-based bank become unlawful, or is the prohibition limited to the borrowing transaction itself?

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Borrowing with usury is among the major sins, entails a curse, and removes blessings. If someone borrows a usurious loan, the principal amount borrowed is not forbidden to him; the prohibition is related to his responsibility, not to the money itself that he borrowed.

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