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Is it permissible to join a housing association that follows a payment system based on regular installments with an upfront payment before receipt, and the funds are deposited in a usurious bank, and penalties are imposed for withdrawal or expulsion from the association, and increases are applied for delayed payments, and plots are distributed by lottery?

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It is not permissible to subscribe to the association if its internal regulations contain impermissible elements and Sharia violations, even if in a single clause, especially when signing an agreement to abide by all clauses. Among the most prominent of these impermissible elements are placing members' funds in riba-based banks and the stipulated increase (5%) for late payment of an installment, as this is explicit usury (riba). Also among the violations is giving the association the right to expel a member and deduct an amount of (3000 dirhams) without clarifying the justifications for this, as it clearly involves injustice.

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