Is it permissible for a mosque's supervisory committee to ask a person who has a purchase card to buy an electric heater that is cheaper from a store that deals with both card and cash, and then the committee pays him its value in cash, given that they do not have a mosque-specific purchase card?
Purchasing devices with credit cards is permissible if it does not involve usurious interest, whether the purchase is for oneself or for others, with or without profit, and even if it is for the mosque to benefit from discounts.
However, if it involves usurious interest, it is impermissible () because it constitutes a usurious contract. A Muslim is forbidden from cooperating in sin and transgression, as Allah Almighty says: "And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression" (Al-Ma'idah: 2). The Prophet, peace be upon him, cursed the one who consumes usury, the one who feeds it, its scribe, and its two witnesses, and they are all equal in sin.
Therefore, it is not permissible to assist someone who intends to engage in a forbidden transaction; rather, they should be deterred from it. However, if purchasing with the card does not involve usurious interest, then there is no objection to cooperating with them.
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