Is it permissible in Sharia for me to pay my brother a sum of money for him to return it with interest after one year, with the intention of using the full amount to dig a deep well for the public benefit of me, my brother, my sister, and my father's wife, especially after my brother backed out of a previous agreement to dig the well and caused me financial harm, knowing that the amount I will pay him was obtained from the bank and my brother will be responsible for paying the interest when returning the amount?
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The objective of digging a well that benefits everyone does not justify committing the sin of a usurious loan. It is not permissible to borrow or lend with usurious interest, because usury is one of the gravest sins, and it is forbidden by the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and scholarly consensus. Scholars have unanimously agreed that every loan with a stipulated increase is unlawful and usurious, as Ibn Qudamah stated: "Every loan in which an increase is stipulated is unlawful, without dispute."
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