Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it permissible to purchase a house from "Devarian" company and obtain an interest-based loan from "BBVA" bank, knowing that "Devarian" will send the agreement to "BBVA" to complete the loan process?
What should a wife do who lives alone in her apartment abroad, and whose husband's family demands the keys to her rooms, refusing to accept that they are not given to them, knowing that they have the apartment key and that she does not wish to give them the keys due to previous problems with them?
Is it permissible for a sister who has a sum of money and bank interest, and wishes to buy a house, to add the bank interest, knowing that she will take out the interest from her monthly salary?
What is the ruling on purchasing a check for a symbolic amount from someone who has despaired of collecting its real value from a dissolved company?
Does striking students affect one’s fast, and does it entail sin, knowing that it causes no wounds and leads to an improvement in their academic performance?
What is the ruling on borrowing half a million [currency unit] to buy an apartment, and mortgaging the property to the creditor in exchange for him waiving 50,0 of the interest-free loan if the borrower continues to work with him for two years? And is it permissible to pay a down payment or an increased amount to the property owner?
What is the ruling on bank interest in Islam, and is it forbidden or permissible?
What is the ruling on borrowing from banks with a specific interest (i.e., borrowing a sum and returning it for more than its value) when the borrower is in need of marriage or housing, and there are no Islamic banks in the country?
Is it permissible for a person who works far from his residence, at a distance exceeding 50 km, to purchase a home through the bank with interest, knowing that he pays a similar or greater amount in rent?
What is the ruling on working in the design and operation of online stores, payment gateways, identity verification systems, and credit card management systems, knowing that these systems may deal with usurious banks or calculate usurious interest?
Is zakat obligatory on an investment certificate that reaches the nisab and whose returns are spent on living expenses, knowing that it may be usurious?
Is it permissible to take out a loan from a Riba-based bank to purchase an essential plot of land, given the unavailability of sufficient funds and the absence of lenders?
Is proselytizing an individual obligation (fard al-ayn) or a collective obligation (fard al-kifayah)? Is it permissible for women? Is what my fiancée does by way of da'wah activity, along with the accompanying transgressions, something beloved to Allah, so I should leave her to it, or is it not obligatory for her, so I should discuss it with her?
Is it permissible to exchange old gold for new gold with an additional sum of money, and does the statement that gold has become a commodity bought and sold like other commodities justify selling it on credit or exchanging it for an additional sum of money?
Is it permissible to leave the sick grandmother with the maid and go to her husband for a week, or to send her to her children in Pakistan, knowing that they will not care for her as she does, and that she mistreats the husband despite his sponsorship of her?
Is it permissible to use money that comes from bank surplus?
What are the limits of a wife's obedience to her husband if he insists on buying a house with an interest-based loan from a non-Islamic bank, and what sin is incurred by the wife if she agrees, and does this affect the upbringing of the children?
Is it permissible to benefit from bank loans to finance small and medium-sized enterprises in light of the scarcity of job opportunities?
Is it permissible for a customs officer to take money from a taxpayer without compulsion or prejudice to the public interest, and is it permissible to donate some of this money as charity?
Is the system of purchasing apartments through banks considered unlawful due to usurious interest, and is Zakat obligatory on this apartment, considering it indirect wealth?
Is the drawing and studying of human anatomy forbidden, even with the use of pictures that may depict completely nude bodies for educational and artistic purposes?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on dealing with a bank that requires an importer to deposit 50% of the value of a letter of credit, pay an additional commission and expenses, and calculates interest on the importer if he fails to pay after the grace period?
What is the ruling on purchasing a car in installments from banks using one of the following two formulas: The first formula (collective): The employee pays 20% of the car's price as a down payment, and the remaining 80% is deducted directly from their monthly salary, provided it does not exceed 30% of the salary? The second formula (individual): The beneficiary pays no less than 30% of the car's price into the bank's account, and the bank pays the remaining 70% to the seller. The beneficiary then agrees with the bank to repay the amount paid by the bank over 48 months with a known interest (for example, if the car's price is 100 dinars, the person pays 30 dinars and the bank pays 70 dinars, and the bank recovers 81 dinars after 4 years, making the car's price 110 dinars), knowing that this contract is called Murabaha?
Is it permissible to finance a project through a bank with 4% interest, and is it permissible to pay a bribe to government officials to facilitate the release of a detained truck?