Is it permissible to create a bank certificate to guarantee obtaining a credit card for use outside the country, then take the principal amount and donate the returns to road lighting or sewage projects?
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If the bank from which the credit card will be taken is usurious, then it is not permissible to make a deposit guarantee with it, even with the intention of avoiding the usurious interest. Usury is not permissible except in cases of dire necessity, which is not present here.
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