Is it permissible, from a Sharia perspective, to rent safe deposit boxes (vaults) in Riba-based banks to store money and gold for 20 Jordanian Dinars annually?
It is permissible to rent safe deposit boxes to store possessions. However, if this is done through an interest-based (riba-based) bank, it is forbidden because it constitutes cooperation in sin and aggression, based on the Almighty's saying: "And do not cooperate in sin and aggression." This is unless there is a necessity to preserve wealth due to the absence of an alternative, in which case it becomes permissible, based on the Almighty's saying: "And He has detailed for you what He has forbidden you, except for that to which you are compelled."
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