Is it permissible to help someone pay off an interest-based loan if they were compelled to take it?
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It is permissible to help someone who has taken a usurious loan to repay it if they are compelled to seek assistance, provided that they repent from usury. If they do not repent, then it is not permissible to help them, because that would be aiding them in sin and transgression.
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