Is it permissible to purchase a plot of land through a Murabaha system from an Islamic bank in Jordan, knowing that the bank stipulates the signing of a promise to purchase that includes a clause obliging the buyer to sign an addendum to the promise within three days of the bank’s ownership of the land, and is this transaction considered a stratagem and does it take the ruling of usury if it is not sound, and what are the necessities that permit it?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
As long as the bank is Islamic and the transaction is permissible, and the bank will purchase the land so it enters into its possession and responsibility before selling it to you, then there is no objection to the transaction. The existence of the promise to purchase and signing it does not affect this, as it is religiously binding unless there is a valid excuse, especially if retracting from it would harm the bank, according to the resolution of the Islamic Fiqh Academy.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/115256
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 115256
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy