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Is it permissible to complete a project supported by a usurious bank in order to pay off debts, knowing that resorting to usury will not be repeated, and is the one who does so considered a sinner?

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It is not permissible to take an interest-bearing loan unless it is the only option to avert an unbearable harm, such as imprisonment, and there is no alternative.

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