Should the term "interest" be changed to "usury" in all academic problems, curricula, student notebooks, and textbooks, or is it sufficient to continuously clarify and remind of the true concept of usury while retaining the term "interest"?
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"Interest" is a contemporary economic term, and there is no harm in using it. What is important is to clarify its Islamic ruling. This term has become widely used among contemporary scholars, including in the fatwas of the Permanent Committee, which considered the interest taken and given by banks to be prohibited usury (riba), and permitted depositing money in banks without interest out of necessity. The questioner is advised to disregard any obsessive thoughts that might be the motive behind their question.
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