What is the clarification of this fatwa and the explanation of the contradiction found within it?
The meaning of the ruling is that lending with interest is absolutely forbidden, whereas borrowing with interest is permissible in cases of sharia necessity, which is when a person reaches a state where they fear perishing or something close to it if they do not borrow with interest. In such a case, the sin falls upon the lender, not the borrower. There is no contradiction in the ruling; the lender is never permitted to take interest, but the borrower is allowed to do so out of necessity and when no alternative exists, because necessities permit the forbidden. The sin is lifted from the borrower but not from the lender. As for the phrase "lending with interest is forbidden, and no need permits it," it means that necessity for lending with interest is inconceivable.
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