Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
What is the ruling on dealing with banks that charge interest in exchange for financing the purchase of machinery for an entire factory, or through partnership, in order to employ unemployed youth in light of difficult economic conditions?
What is the ruling on borrowing from the bank with interest for marriage, and what should I do to atone for my sin and have my prayers answered?
Is dealing with a non-Islamic bank that issues a credit card with conditions that include late payment fees and interest rates if not paid within a specified period, and offers a loan option to pay for purchases, considered impermissible (haram)? And is the method of purchasing goods with this card considered an Islamic murabaha?
What is the ruling on trading currencies and metals through a financial broker using the margin system, where the broker covers part of the transaction value in exchange for a commission, noting that I bear all losses, do not receive interest, and do not own the full value of the transaction? And is it permissible to trade if I own the full amount or pay part of it?
What is the ruling on an animal loan which stipulates giving a certain number of cows for several years, provided that the females born to these cows belong to the lender, and the males and milk belong to the borrower, then the mother cows become the property of the borrower after the contract ends?
Is it permissible to pay taxes and donations for the public good from bank interest?
Is it permissible to take from the money of a father who deals with a Riba-based bank, and is it obligatory to investigate the source of a shop owner's money when buying from him?
Is it permissible to use the aforementioned bank cards (Visa), given the existence of service charges and cash withdrawals with varying interest rates?
What is the meaning of "Al-Masalih Al-Mursalah" (unrestricted public interests) and "Sadd Al-Dhara'i'" (blocking the means to evil)?
What is the ruling on studying or teaching business that includes prohibited subjects such as interest (riba), insurance, English law, and taxes, given that studying these subjects is obligatory for success?
How can money earned from a pharmacy, opened with an interest-based loan despite the owner's objection, be analyzed?
What should a friend do who deposited money in an interest-based bank and earned thirty thousand Egyptian pounds, and is it permissible for him to lend this amount to a needy relative as a loan, which the relative then repays to the owner of the money?
What is the ruling on dealing with banks and the interest on money deposited therein, and what is the ruling on depositing large sums of money in Western banks and the returns therefrom, and what is the solution if there is a suspicion of unlawfulness in these interests, taking into consideration that leaving them to the banks may lead to their use against the Islamic religion?
Is it permissible to use money from bank interest to pay for car insurance?
What is the ruling on taking out usurious loans from the Ministry of Housing, knowing that part of the loan is a grant, and that whoever defaults on payment for a year loses their right to the house, and that if one of the spouses who signed the loan dies, the other is exempted from repayment, and also knowing that if one builds a house without this loan, they will be subject to accountability?
Is the paternal uncle entitled to take his brother's daughter from her mother's custody if the mother does not agree to marry him, and is the daughter's going out to visit relatives a sufficient justification for that?
Is it true that Mu'awiyah exhumed the graves of the Companions and cut off Hamza's finger, and that Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said: "After this, no one will ever deny anything," and is this incident mentioned in the books of Sunnah, specifically in Ibn al-Mubarak's book "Al-Jihad"?
Is it permissible to participate in a competition whose prizes are offered by a usurious bank?
Is it permissible to help someone pay off an interest-based loan if they were compelled to take it?
Is it permissible to use a falsified government employment ID to obtain half-price train tickets?
Is it permissible to fish using live bait: a small fish, a worm?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat or settle debts from bank profits?
Is it permissible for us to benefit from the money that my wife’s mother gifted to her, knowing that it is from a usurious loan, and that we intend to buy a house with this money?
What is the clarification of this fatwa and the explanation of the contradiction found within it?