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Is it permissible to give an unused house to a person in exchange for an agreed-upon sum of money, such that the money is invested and the returns belong to the owner, provided that the sum is repaid without the returns upon receiving the house?

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This transaction is impermissible because it leads to a loan that yields a benefit. The man will give you money to use, and then you will return it, and this is a loan. In return, he will benefit by residing in your house without paying rent. A loan that draws a benefit is forbidden, as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If one of you grants a loan and the borrower offers him a gift or gives him a ride on a mount, he should not ride it or accept it, unless they had an existing relationship before that."

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