Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it permissible to pay the tax imposed on employees in Western countries, and is it permissible to pay it from the profits of guaranteed-profit investments?
What is the ruling on designing and developing an electronic payment system using MasterCard and Visa cards that connects to conventional banks to verify the soundness of the payment process and transfer the amount to the seller's account, knowing that there are no Islamic banks in Tunisia?
What is the ruling on taking a loan from a usurious bank to pay blood money (diyya) for an accident, given the impossibility of obtaining the amount from other sources, and what is the ruling on the guarantor in this case?
Am I accountable for anything when I witnessed a debt document, knowing that the loan was interest-bearing, while the document stated that it was without interest?
Is the interest gained from the bank or from a loan taken from it permissible or forbidden?
Is a bank's financing the construction of housing for employees, where the employee pays 25% of the price before taking possession and the remainder in installments over 25 years, with the bank adding a 2% profit margin on the total costs, considered usury or an investment of the bank's funds?
Is it permissible to work for a company that owns interest-bearing shares?
Is it permissible to take a loan from the Unemployment Combatting Authority in Syria, repayable over 6 years with a diminishing interest rate, knowing that the interest is mentioned as "staff fees" but is given under the name of interest?
What is the legal ruling on dealing with the "mortgage" banking system, which is based on paying a sum greater than the price of the house, or dealing with Islamic banks that buy and sell according to the fluctuating market price, in order to secure suitable housing?
Does converting money from dollars to dinars through an electronic platform, with a delay in its arrival to the bank account, entail Riba An-Nasi'ah (usury of delay), or is it considered constructive possession that permits the delay? And can this process be construed as an agency rather than an exchange?
Is it permissible to apply for social housing apartments in order to sell the current apartment to my brother at a symbolic price, knowing that applying for these apartments involves an element of usury?
Is it permissible to purchase a house through an interest-based bank loan to avoid social pressures on children and to ensure their education in Islamic schools, knowing that the saved amount is insufficient to buy a house outright, and one-third of the house's value will be paid as a down payment with the remainder to be paid in installments over ten years with the intention of early repayment?
Is the son responsible for the usurious interest accrued on a deposit his father made for him when he was young, or is the father responsible?
Is it permissible to lie to people whose circumstances are similar to those who caused harm in the past, with the aim of concealing one's psychological state and personal circumstances, for fear of repeated harm?
Is it permissible to work in banks, and is the salary considered unlawful money (haram) and usury (riba), knowing that one does not take the annual profit or bonus?
Are agricultural loans disbursed by agricultural development banks for crop cultivation permissible or forbidden?
What is the ruling on exchanging gold for gold by paying the difference in weight, not value, without considering fineness or quality?
Did I wrong the young man or did I wrong myself by ending the engagement after hearing reports about his bad character, knowing that he is from among the people of the Qur’an and his parents are of good character, and that some of those who conveyed the news to me had an interest in it?
What is the ruling on taking an advance or a loan from a company's social welfare fund, which provides free assistance to employees and allocates the interest generated from loans and advances to free assistance, knowing that it grants advances and loans with interest?
Is the 20% fine imposed on those who are late in paying their tuition fees for the Holy Quran memorization school after the specified date considered usury (riba)?
What is the way to deal with a 19-year-old son who was keen on being raised Islamically, but now takes drugs, misses school, rejects everything that is in his best interest, and asks for money to buy cigarettes and drugs, knowing that the rest of the family members are conservative and of good character?
Is investing in a food company for a 10% monthly profit, with the percentage increasing every two months, permissible or impermissible, in order to avoid falling into usury?
Is the (MasterCard) issued by banks unlawful (haram), given the annual subscription fees and interest on cash withdrawals, the commission taken by the bank from the merchant upon purchase, and the fact that its use is restricted to specific stores?
Is it permissible to invest savings in "El-Bosta" (the Post Office), and are its profits permissible (halal)? And is it permissible to keep the principal and donate the profits if they are not permissible, or is it better to keep it as a deposit without profits?