Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it permissible to use interest to pay attorney fees, expiations (kaffarat), and municipal fees due to the absence of Islamic banks?
Is it permissible to deposit a sum of money with a shop owner and receive a monthly percentage of the profits?
What is a usurious bank, and does working in an institution that pays your salary through a bank presumed to be usurious make the salary unlawful, and what should be done in this case?
Is the lack of interest in acts of worship, such as supererogatory prayers (nawafil), night vigil (qiyam al-layl), and reading the Quran, when relatives are present, and the abundance thereof when alone, considered among the characteristics of hypocrites or does it necessitate sin?
What is the ruling of Sharia on purchasing a factory when half of its financing is from a bank with 7.5% interest?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on investing a sum of money in a dairy and vegetable company with a fixed monthly profit margin of 5%? And does specifying the percentage entail a suspicion of usury (riba) or impermissibility?
What is the ruling on financing the purchase of a car in installments from an interest-based bank that imposes interest and late fees, knowing that the bank does not disburse the amount in cash but rather provides a contractual agreement?
Is it permissible for a government employee to open a commercial business in his father's name, provided that he does not go to the premises during official working hours, and are the profits resulting from this considered unlawful? What is the ruling on "khalu" (key money) and "tadmin" (subleasing), meaning renting the premises to another for a fixed monthly amount?
Is it permissible to disburse Zakat in the form of monthly salaries to impoverished families, by depositing it with an entity responsible for its distribution?
Is it permissible for the landlord to stipulate that the tenant not host another family except with written permission?
What should I do, as I borrowed for Hajj with interest, guaranteed by my certificates, and I did not know of its prohibition, and I have already paid the money, and now I am working and the amount of the certificates covers the loan?
What is the ruling on not paying usurious credit card debts due to accumulated interest, and settling for paying only the principal later, knowing that banks in Canada are usurious and repayment might mean assisting banks in usury?
Is there repentance for the one who engaged in Mubahalah, regarding what is between him and Allah, after the Mubahalah?
Is it permissible for me to take out a loan from the municipality with an interest rate of 1.5% to build a house, given that I cannot borrow from other banks?
Is a development loan taken from a commercial (non-Islamic) bank in exchange for mortgaging an apartment, whereby the bank pays bills and purchases necessary materials and machinery for the project, to be repaid with interest in installments, unlawful (haram)?
What is the legal ruling, according to the Four Schools of Thought, on the waqf administrator discharging the waqf tenant from the rent, and do the beneficiaries then have the right to claim it?
Is it permissible for an engineer to repair the company's broken screens at home, and then inform the management that another engineer performed the repair, in order to save the high cost of repair at the dealership?
Is the salary considered usurious, and is it obligatory to leave the job if a portion of it is based on a percentage of late payment penalties imposed on customers, taking into account the difficult economic circumstances and the lack of other job opportunities?
What is the ruling on an investment that yields a fluctuating daily return, with profits and capital received after 30 days, along with the repayment of the principal and interest upon maturity?
Is rejecting many difficult demands of one's mother—such as her demanding the expulsion of one's brother from the house, or her demanding to sleep beside her instead of one's wife, or her insistence on sleeping with the light on when the son is unable to do so—considered an act of disobedience (ʿUqūq)?
Should the fighter who is condemned to crucifixion be killed first and then crucified, or should he be crucified alive?
What is the ruling on the small profits generated from investment certificates with quarterly returns in Islamic banks? And which Islamic banks are recommended to deal with?
What is the ruling on employing workers in usurious banks in the computer and administration departments?
What is the difference between new and used car loans from foreign and Islamic banks, if foreign banks require documents and set an interest rate of 4% while Islamic banks mention a murabaha of 4%, and does this mean that the terminology differs but the meaning is the same, along with the car being mortgaged to the financing bank? And which Islamic banks in the UAE truly apply Islamic Sharia?