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What is the ruling on a Muslim woman taking interest from a bank in a non-Islamic country to give to her non-Muslim parents, knowing that neither she nor her children partake of it?

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We congratulate the questioner on her choice of Islam, and we pray for her and her parents for steadfastness and acceptance of Islam. A loan with interest is forbidden and usury by consensus, based on the hadith: "Every loan that draws a benefit is usury." The questioner must repent and withdraw her capital from the bank, and invest it in a permissible manner. As for the usurious interest, it must be spent on charitable causes, such as for the poor, the needy, and the general welfare of Muslims. It is not permissible for her to spend it on her poor parents, whose maintenance is obligatory upon her, based on the hadith of Asma bint Abi Bakr and the statements of scholars regarding the obligation of maintaining even non-Muslim parents.

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