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Is the government bank loan, which purchases an academic certificate for the borrower so that he can acquire the necessary equipment for a project, and then recovers the amount in installments with a 5% surplus after one year, considered usury, given that the bank is operating at a loss and is supported by the state?

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If the bank buys and owns the equipment, then sells it to young people, there is no harm in that, even if it is for more than its price; because it is a permissible murabaha (cost-plus financing). However, if the bank pays the price to the owner and adds interest, this is forbidden riba (usury) and is not permissible except in cases of dire necessity.

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