Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Does paying off my share of the loan in cash, while my partner's share remains in installments, expiate the sin I committed?
Is it forbidden for a questioner to tell his brother what the lying brother said about the (other) brothers?
Is it permissible to take out a loan from a bank to spend on necessities that the grant is insufficient to cover?
Is it permissible for me to obtain a loan with annual interest from a bank to purchase a house, given that the state, the bank, and the beneficiary each contribute a third of the cost?
Where is the correct ruling regarding depositing money in a conventional bank with variable interest, after realizing the prohibition of usurious interest?
What is the Islamic ruling regarding the fatwa issued by Al-Azhar scholars permitting bank interest?
Is it permissible to benefit from the interest of the Savings and Reserve Fund to build a house or get married, and then to donate it, knowing that one would be forced to take out a loan if one did not do so?
Is it permissible for a father to grant his eldest son a house without the rest of his siblings, on condition that the son pays the father a monthly rent for the house for a specified period, then repays him the full sale price, and is paying rent considered usury (riba)?
Is it permissible to give a poor brother a portion of money from forbidden investment certificates to buy clothes or cover travel expenses, or to use part of it to pay a phone bill?
Is the bank entitled to demand that I pay interest on the Visa card I obtained in 1413 AH, given that I have repaid the original amount and more, and that the remaining amount consists solely of interest?
Is the wife obligated to sell her personal gold to pay off her husband's loan that he took for marriage, especially since he has repented and regrets his action, and would she be sinful if she did not do so?
Is it permissible to give the profits from currency exchange and bank interest to the orphaned children of a deceased brother, or to pay off the debts of another brother? If not permissible, what is the permissible way to spend these funds, and where would it be best to spend them?
How is Zakat calculated on funds deposited in Banque Misr for Islamic Transactions in the form of certificates that yield a return every three months?
Is it permissible to invest a sum of money designated for purchasing a house in an interest-bearing savings fund, given that it is currently insufficient for the purchase, and if that is forbidden, how can its value be preserved from inflation without the ability to trade?
What am I permitted to take from the wealth of my deceased relative, knowing that I am covering the expenses of the inheritance inventory and performing tasks myself that require significant funds, and am I obligated to repay his debts and bank claims with interest, which he refused to pay?
What is the ruling on taking out a loan from a bank to buy a house due to the dampness in the current house and its health effects on the children?
What is the ruling on money acquired from a 5% deposit in a savings bank that invests in building housing for young people? Is it permissible or forbidden? And what should I do with it if it is forbidden?
Is it permissible for the seller to delay giving a person an amount after the exchange (i.e., after the transaction or payment has been made)?
Is a loan provided by the aforementioned institution without interest, in exchange for paying a certain amount as file processing fees, considered an usurious loan?
Is it permissible to purchase home furniture with a significant discount using an overdraft from the bank, knowing that this entails paying usurious interest, and that the amount will be repaid with certainty next month, especially since there are other usurious debts about to be settled?
Is a government employee held accountable, in a governmental sense, for assisting laborers in obtaining bank loans, and is this considered usury?
Is it permissible in Islamic law to inherit from a mentally ill father who is classified as insane, or to take the benefits he used to give before his illness while leaving the principal amount?
What is the ruling on taking a loan for construction from a company that pays its interest to a usurious bank, while obliging the employee to pay life insurance premiums equal to the loan amount? And what is the Sharia-compliant alternative to that?
Is someone who studies the judiciary considered to be seeking it, and does the Prophetic Hadeeth, "Indeed, we do not appoint to this position one who asks for it nor one who covets it," apply to him?