Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is depositing money into an investment account with an unspecified interest rate at Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram)?
Is it incumbent upon one who borrowed with interest in his own name to help a friend, and then repented, to transfer the debt to his friend's name?
What must I do with the final amount of usurious interest received upon breaking the deposit, what is the ruling on spending it, and what about the previous interest that was taken and spent, given that it constituted a primary source of income?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to parents who have become accustomed to borrowing with interest (riba) and have not abided by the condition of not returning to it, knowing that they pray and fast?
What is the ruling on purchasing a car in installments through a usurious bank, where the bank pays the full amount to the car dealer, and then the buyer repays the installments to the bank with annual interest, or with less interest if the buyer participates in an insurance policy that pays the installments to the bank in case of inability to pay, knowing that the ownership of the car transfers directly to the buyer without a lien?
Is it permissible to buy shares in a company that sells permissible goods and offers to sell its shares to employees at a margin price (paying 20% and holding them for three years) with the aim of motivating them?
Is it permissible to deposit a sum of money into an account to obtain higher-value products and thus a greater profit, and is working for this company lawful or unlawful?
Is it permissible to use the amount of usury taken from the bank to pay the interest due on a relative's loan from the same bank?
Is it permissible to sell cars in cash to a showroom that deals with a company that finances buyers with interest, knowing that the company pays the full amount to the showroom and receives installments from the buyer, and does the showroom incur sin by doing so?
What is the ruling on using one of the following credit card options to cover work-related travel expenses, given that the company will reimburse these expenses later: 1. A free credit card from a Riba-based bank when the travel advance is delayed? 2. A credit card from an Islamic bank that imposes a late fee under the name "variable administrative expenses"? 3. A credit card from an Islamic bank that operates with the forbidden organized Tawarruq system? Are these options equal in their Sharia ruling?
Is it permissible to give usurious bank interest to needy parents, knowing that supporting them is obligatory?
Is investing money in traditional banks with fixed interest considered usury (riba)? And is it permissible to close a bank account for this reason? Is profiting from filming educational videos for handicrafts and uploading them to YouTube considered permissible (halal), knowing that YouTube may display inappropriate advertisements? Is selling handmade products through social media pages considered a permissible (halal) source of income? Is it permissible to calculate zakat on the total amount in the bank, including interest, even if a year has not passed on the interest?
How can one achieve complete certainty regarding the supplication's response, while acknowledging that what is supplicated for might be evil in Allah's knowledge, and without that affecting the degree of certainty?
Am I obligated to give my mother her full monthly allowance, knowing that she will distribute it among my siblings and their children, which exposes her to malnutrition, especially since I give her her allowance weekly?
Should the money from bank interest in a savings account of a deceased sister be inherited?
Is working in banks permissible or forbidden?
Can a husband recover his money that he paid to his partner who claimed the project went bankrupt, or is he obligated to bear the loss? And is it permissible to take out an interest-bearing loan to pay off debts?
Is it permissible to take a loan from an interest-based (ribawi) bank to pay off previous debts, some of which were for luxuries, especially if the alternative loan from an Islamic bank has a shorter term and is less convenient?
Is it permissible to own a bank card (Visa Card) from a usurious bank for the purpose of e-commerce, in the absence of another option?
What is the legal ruling on issuing an uncovered credit card for use in cases of extreme necessity with the intention of immediate repayment, and what is the jurisprudential difference between two offers from different banks, one Islamic and the other interest-based?
Is it permissible to pay a sum of money to individuals who control the distribution of delivery requests in order to increase one's chances of obtaining requests and improving income, and is this considered usury (riba)?
Is it true what an introverted person does, abandoning those who harm him after warning them, and only inquiring about the well-being of those he associated with out of necessity? And if his behavior is not correct, how should he act?
What is the ruling on the amount of money a man kept for himself from his father's and mother's money? Should it be returned to the father—who deals in usury—or to his brother? Should it be returned as the original amount, or with the interest of twenty years, or at the rate of increase in real estate values, or is it considered a debt to be repaid only as the original amount?
Is it permissible to pay a sum of money to pass a car inspection when the car has a major engine defect, knowing that there is currently no money available to repair it, and that the inspection certificate is essential for driving the car?