Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Must I return the total salary I received from my previous work in a bank for one year, knowing that I spent all the bank's money and will have to pay the amount from my own money?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on a lawyer who causes his client to lose their rights due to his ignorance of the litigation process or defense, and can this be compared to the case of a judge who rules out of ignorance?
Does a security deposit placed in an interest-bearing savings account and registered in the tenant's name constitute usury (riba), which is forbidden?
What is the fate of my brother's business, which he started eight years ago with an interest-based loan, unaware of its prohibition, knowing that he used to lend money and medicine to his villagers without interest and helped many?
Is it permissible to take a small interest that is deposited at the end of the year into a current account opened in a bank on the basis that it is interest-free, given the argument that the enquirer did not stipulate interest to the bank and contracted with it not to take it?
What is the ruling on interest that was neither requested nor specified by the lender, and which the borrower offers when seeking a financial loan for the purpose of trade? And is this interest considered usury (riba)?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on voluntary retirement from government work, while being able to continue in it?
What is the ruling on selling an apartment through real estate financing, bearing in mind that the contract is tripartite and states that the buyer pays a portion and the bank finances the rest with an 8% interest rate, and in this case, is the seller of the apartment sinful for usury, or considered a witness to it, or a usurer?
What is incumbent upon a father to do regarding his divorced, deviant daughter and her children, knowing that she is undutiful (aqqah) and misuses their allowance, and the children’s father visits them weekly—is she qualified to have custody of them?
Is it permissible to obtain a bank loan with 4% interest to finance a business, given the absence of alternatives such as interest-free loans and the difficulty of finding employment due to age, taking into consideration the financial and spiritual distress?
Is it permissible to grant a housing loan of 30,0 dinars and repay 34,500 dinars as an administrative service charge over sixty years?
Is it permissible to borrow from a company that offers money in exchange for purchasing a commodity from it, with compensation for the usurious interest in the form of a free commodity, given the unavailability of interest-free loans in the country?
What is the solution in the event of being unable to pay installments on a loan with a previously agreed-upon interest rate, and is rescheduling the installments with an increase in the interest rate considered riba (usury)?
Is it permissible to give poor relatives a portion of the purified bank interest, and is it permissible to purify it in stages or all at once?
Is it unlawful to deduct a portion of one's salary to invest it in America in various ventures, including the stock market or with a fixed interest rate? And is it unlawful to invest in US dollars in Egyptian banks at a 1% interest rate?
Would the son be sinful if he moved to live in the city despite his parents feeling let down, knowing that his comfort lies in that?
Is it permissible to pay the zakat on a commercial store from goods at cost price if paying it in cash would affect the settlement of financial obligations, knowing that these goods are beneficial to the people of the country?
Is it permissible for me to take out an interest-bearing loan from the bank to purchase a house, given the absence of savings or a lender, and that the loan will be allocated for housing, knowing that the installments will be affordable?
Are the profits offered by the bank or savings fund haram?
What is the ruling on interest whose percentage is not specified and is left to the borrower, and who pays zakat on this money, the lender or the borrower?
What is the ruling on purchasing shares of Yansab Company, distributed by Sabic Company to employees at the founding price (ten riyals), with the employee given the choice to take them or leave them?
If working in banks is prohibited, is it obligatory to leave it to non-Muslims, even though all companies deposit their money in them and disburse salaries from them? And if a portion of bank interest enters the companies' money, how can one leave working in banks, knowing that banks now operate in investment fields and projects and do not rely solely on lending and borrowing?
Is it permissible in Sharia for me to pay my brother a sum of money for him to return it with interest after one year, with the intention of using the full amount to dig a deep well for the public benefit of me, my brother, my sister, and my father's wife, especially after my brother backed out of a previous agreement to dig the well and caused me financial harm, knowing that the amount I will pay him was obtained from the bank and my brother will be responsible for paying the interest when returning the amount?
Is it permissible to take out an interest-bearing loan to pay off debts for household furniture and debts to relatives, or is it obligatory to sell the house to pay off these debts?