Is it permissible to take out an interest-bearing loan for marriage and its expenses, in order to protect one's chastity and calm one's desires, knowing the gravity of usury and the unavailability of other alternatives?
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It is not permissible to borrow with interest for this reason.
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Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
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