Is it permissible to pay a large financial fine in installments with an increase in interest in non-Islamic countries?
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Postponing a debt or paying it in installments in exchange for increasing the debt amount is forbidden () and constitutes clear, prohibited usury (riba). One must strive not to pay the increase on the fine by expediting it or through any other means.
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