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What is the jurisprudential ruling on participating in investment units belonging to banks, knowing that they invest funds in: shares and securities related to shares of publicly traded joint-stock companies, shares in limited liability companies, public debt instruments issued by the government and public institutions, bonds issued by registered operating joint-stock companies, deposits and bank certificates of deposit, and other mutual investment funds?

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It is not permissible to participate in investment units that invest in debts, loans, usurious bank deposits, or bank certificates of deposit; because it is a clear usurious transaction. Similarly, it is not permissible to invest in the shares of joint-stock companies that engage in prohibited activities or deal with usury, whether lending or borrowing.

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