Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it permissible to rent out premises to a usurious bank?
Is purchasing a home through the "rent-to-own" formula—organized by the state with financing from a bank, involving an interest rate between the state and the bank, but where the citizen pays the amount in installments without interest—permissible (halal)?
Are banking transactions permissible or forbidden?
Is it permissible to donate the savings profit to a brother to pay off his university debts amounting to 500 Jordanian Dinars, knowing that the donor's salary does not exceed 250 Dinars and that the donor does not seek a reward from Allah for this?
What is the ruling on taking out a loan from a conventional housing bank to build a house, given the high interest rates and the unavailability of Islamic banks?
Is the salary earned from working as a secretary in a government company that deposits its money in usurious banks unlawful (haram)? And is the wage earned from working in the Housing and Fellowship Fund affiliated with the company, which involves dealing with usurious banks, unlawful? And is subscribing to these funds unlawful, knowing that their money is deposited in usurious banks and members receive bonuses from them?
What is the ruling on the money the questioner's mother took from her brother (100 Egyptian pounds monthly), and what is the ruling on the bank interest the mother took, knowing that they were unaware of the prohibition of usury until years later?
Is it considered an interest-based loan if the bank pays the apartment's price directly to the owner by check after it has been registered in the buyer's name?
Is it permissible to work in a resource development position for fundraising in a trust company that operates an endowment from an Islamic bank, whose main activity is dedicated to providing interest-free loans (Qard Hasan) or loans without interest to eligible Muslim students, and is the salary received from this bank permissible (halal)?
Is it permissible to dispose of a sum of money of unknown source that was deposited into a current account approximately a year and a half ago, and can it be given as charity, or a portion of it?
What is the wisdom behind and harm in prohibiting bank interest, which did not exist in the past, knowing that usurious dealings between individuals were forbidden?
ما هي الآيات والأحاديث التي تتناول الالتزام بالمواعيد والعهود والواجبات، وضرورة الاعتذار عند عدم القدرة على الوفاء بها؟
What is the ruling on buying and trading shares of a telecommunications company whose stock symbol contains the number 700, knowing that scholars have prohibited this number?
Is it permissible to use a computer program to process photographic images (such as coloring them, restoring them, adding a beard, or removing it from pictures of people), and to embody three-dimensional models of people and animals that can be animated and used for educational or da'wah purposes?
Is the money that a merchant takes from the bank, with no intention of repaying it, and this money is acquired with the help of some officials in the banks in exchange for a bribe—is this considered usury (riba) or theft?
What is the ruling on borrowing with usury from a bank out of necessity?
Are common people considered sinful if they follow the fatwas of a mufti who permits dealing with banks and forbids a veiled woman from advising her immodest sister?
Is the sale of the refrigeration project established by the father Islamically permissible, and is the central market adjacent to the warehouse considered part of the sale, given that the market was built after the warehouse and separated from it by a passageway, and that the sale agreement stipulated the sale of "the refrigeration warehouse... with all buildings, machinery, equipment, and all appurtenances belonging to the aforementioned refrigeration warehouse"?
Is the money paid annually by the company to its employees, referred to as "interest," unlawful?
Is it permissible to purchase a place to be used as a mosque using an interest-bearing bank loan in Italy?
What is the ruling on forging a birth certificate to enroll a student who is five years and 11 months old in school?
Is a car loan forbidden if it is essential for work and the company pays the entire resulting increase?
Is there any doubt concerning working for a company that relies for its maintenance on the proceeds of a maintenance deposit placed in a bank, where the unit's share of expenses and returns are calculated and compared?
What is the ruling on an end-of-service bonus system in a foreign company that is based on deducting 5% of the salary, with the company adding 10%, and this amount being deposited in a bank account, along with receiving an annual statement of the deductions, contributions, and profits? Is it permissible to benefit only from the deducted portion, or from both the deducted and added portions while disposing of the interest? Is it permissible to participate with a higher deduction percentage while disposing of the interest?