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Is it permissible to take a bank loan with an interest-bearing rate?

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It is not permissible for a Muslim to borrow with interest; for every loan that draws a benefit is usury (riba), and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who pays it, its scribe, and its two witnesses.

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