Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
1. Are we sinful for our work in preventing street vending and confiscating their goods, and is their supplication against us justified, knowing the damages resulting from their selling and the fact that it is officially prohibited? 2. Is it obligatory to pay off the deceased father's debt resulting from credit cards, knowing that they may be interest-based?
Are the administrative fees requested by the Saudi Credit and Savings Bank for commercial loans considered usury, based on the jurisprudential rule "every loan that draws a benefit is usury"?
What is the ruling on ceasing efforts to achieve a long-awaited supplication that has been pending for years, and settling for a mere subsistence, and is this considered an abandonment of supplication, and what is the benefit of continuing to strive after such a long time?
Are credit cards forbidden, or are there permissible types among them?
Is it permissible, Islamically, to finance the purchase of a bus through an Islamic murabahah from a bank, where the bank finances part of the price and a specific murabahah rate is agreed upon, with the bank purchasing and owning the bus before selling it to us in installments, and the bank bearing responsibility for the bus during the transitional period, in addition to paying a guarantee fee to an external party, and mortgaging the bus to the bank without imposing late payment penalties?
What is the ruling on completing the payment of the price of a car that was purchased in installments with interest, most of its price having already been paid?
What should I do with the inheritance I received from my father, knowing that the source of this money is mixed between his salary, his stock market speculations, and usurious interest from investment certificates, and its value increased after selling the house? My father bought me an apartment with half of my share of this inheritance, and the other half remained in a deposit?
Is it permissible to purchase an apartment through a bank with down payments and annual installments including interest?
Does donating bank interest monthly avoid the suspicion of usury, and is it permissible to give charity from money whose permissibility is doubtful?
Is it permissible to transfer Zakat al-Mal to a Muslim country where there is a poor, unemployed relative?
Is it permissible to evade customs duties and taxes, given our knowledge that governments use these funds in ways not sanctioned by Allah? And what is the religious ruling on bringing in materials that these countries prohibit, despite their availability locally and as imports?
"Is it permissible for a Muslim to convert usurious loans into Islamic ones with the intention and by donating a portion of the resulting profits to charitable organizations, whether as a depositor or a borrower, with the aim of purifying the money from usury and benefiting the community? "
Is it permissible to pay off the interest of a usurious loan from the interest earned on money deposited in the bank?
Is it permissible to purchase a car in installments from an Islamic bank that owns the car in its showroom, with the bank calculating 3% "interest" annually on the remaining amount, and adding a 100 dirham late payment fine that goes to charities? And does this transaction fall under usury (riba)?
Is driving before the legal age considered a transgression against the ولي الأمر (guardian/ruler), and what is its ruling?
What is the ruling on benefiting from money whose source is usurious investment for marriage expenses and preparation, and what is the expiation required for that?
In which cases is usury permissible?
Is it permissible to take the 5% increase determined by the court as compensation for late payment? And what should be done if it is not permissible?
Is it permissible for children to take out a loan to pay off their father’s interest-based debt, given the availability of lower interest rates, and is the father’s continuous remorse for paying interest accepted, and is educating children with this money unlawful?
Is it permissible to design computer programs that deal with different types of data, especially financial data such as stock markets and banks, provided that the work does not involve programming usurious loans or prohibited banking activities?
Will a girl be sinful if she severs ties with her brother after he attempted to molest her, and her parents forbade her from doing so and refused to believe her, knowing that her husband supported her decision to sever ties? And what is the ruling of Sharia on that?
Is it permissible to take interest from the compulsory savings deducted by the Israeli Ministry of Education, knowing that there is a necessity to take small interest-bearing loans from Israeli banks for a "decent" life in Dar al-Harb, taking into consideration Abu Hanifa's conditions for usury in Dar al-Harb?
Is paying twelve pounds for a "Premer Card" by an employee, which entitles him to purchase goods by installments, considered disguised usury or a valid contract?
What is riba (usury), and what is the ruling on online shopping cards where an estimated amount is calculated upon top-up?