What is the ruling on taking an advance or a loan from a company's social welfare fund, which provides free assistance to employees and allocates the interest generated from loans and advances to free assistance, knowing that it grants advances and loans with interest?
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The jurisprudential opinion regarding taking a loan with interest is that it is usury (riba), and placing the interest in a social welfare fund does not change this fact. Instead, the company can form a charitable association for employees with voluntary contributions to meet their needs.
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