Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it permissible to study by means of a non-Islamic bank that covers the tuition fees?
What is the Sharia ruling regarding what a person owns who bought a farm with an interest-based loan, then established projects on it with the help of his family and friends, and now wishes to repent while still paying off the loan? Should he sell the farm and the projects on it, or what should he do to rid himself of this money?
1. Is it permissible to deposit money in a bank that deals with usury (riba)? 2. If someone has previously deposited their money in a usurious bank, is it permissible for them to withdraw the usurious (surplus) money, or should they leave it? 3. If this money is withdrawn, how can one dispose of it? And is the final beneficiary of this money sinful if they know it is usury? 4. Is it permissible to read the book Nahj al-Balagha?
Is all of the money that a father sends from France via usurious banks, which is then deposited in usurious banks in Algeria, considered unlawful?
Is a person considered an agent of usury if he has money in a bank that generated interest, and is it permissible to donate this interest to the poor while informing them that it is usury, and if so, what is the way to dispose of these funds?
Is benefiting from the father's end-of-service bonus, which was deposited in a Riba-based bank and multiplied over time, considered Riba, and what is the ruling on giving the profit as charity to a relative to perform the Hajj pilgrimage if the money is impermissible?
What is the preponderant opinion of scholars regarding the determination of usurious commodities, and does the condition of storage, stipulated by the Malikis for usurious foodstuffs, fall away in our time due to the existence of refrigerators?
Is it permissible for an employee who is ill and approaching retirement to receive a house through a loan from the company with the intention of having the loan waived? And would this house become unlawful for him?
Is it permissible for a software company to sell software to an interest-based bank if the software is not related to interest-based transactions?
ما هي الوسيلة للتراجع عن قرض بنكي بفوائد محرمة (3000 دينار ليبي) أُخذ لشراء منزل بسبب الضرورة؟
Must I listen to everything said without thinking, or act in a way that suits me?
What is the ruling on opening a medical clinic in partnership with a pharmacy under the mentioned conditions, and would leasing the pharmacy premises at a high rent to cover the clinic's expenses suffice?
Is it obligatory to pay the remaining balances to the banks from which credit cards were obtained in America, taking into account the difficulty of knowing the banks' addresses and the monthly increase in the amount, and is it more appropriate to give it to the poor instead of banks owned by Jews? And do the purchased items become permissible upon repayment of the amount?
Is depositing one's salary in a Riba-based bank and then withdrawing it completely on the same day considered a sin?
What is the ruling on depositing money in the International Islamic Bank in Alexandria, which gives variable profits, and are its transactions Islamic? And what are the names of the Islamic banks in Egypt?
Is taking interest from banks that invest solely in real estate, agriculture, and industry considered similar to the story of the man who grew his employee's money?
Is it permissible to deposit money for savings in ATM machines belonging to banks, given that there are no interest charges involved and it is my only means of saving?
Is it permissible to develop software for an interest-based bank?
Does the impermissibility of interest invalidate the reward for sponsoring an orphan, given that the loan with interest was out of necessity to purchase a car?
Is it obligatory to return the percentage of money to the bank that paid a sum to one of the employees, then took a percentage of money from the payer at the end of the month?
What is the ruling on a loan taken from an interest-based bank, and what must the borrower do after his father prevented him from repaying part of the debt and ordered him to buy a car for his brother with that amount?
Is it permissible for me to continue as a 10% partner in a software company that deals with bank facilities involving usurious interest, given my inability to change that, or must I dissolve the partnership and leave them? Is designing databases for loan programs that serve usurious lending companies considered unlawful?
What is the ruling on working for a company that provides an electronic payment system supporting interest-based and ordinary installments, where the responsibility for the system involves maintenance, updates, monitoring, and troubleshooting, knowing that the percentage of interest-based transactions ranges between 15-30%? Is it permissible to work in maintaining, updating, and monitoring a system that contains a percentage of interest-based transactions, and is it necessary to investigate the nature of problems related to usury before solving them?
What is the ruling on a merchant buying a man's goods from a factory—goods which their owner cannot clear except with the merchant's help—then the merchant sells them in the market for a dinar less than their original price?