Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Does the financing, in which the Loan Guarantee Fund pays the bank interest on the money after the first year, cause the project owner to fall into usury?
Is it permissible to remain employed at an interest-based bank due to the unavailability of an alternative, and because of family and financial obligations, even though the wife works and has her own income?
Is it permissible to take a loan with interest from Faisal Islamic Bank (every ten thousand with an additional one thousand Egyptian pounds) to pay off a debt due before its original due date, in order to avoid harm from the creditor and his sons, knowing that I will repay the amount to the bank after six months?
Is the National Bank of Egypt's credit card permissible or impermissible, especially with its interest-free installment offers, given that interest is only applied if the 55-day period is exceeded, and does linking the card to an automatic payment account negate the suspicion of usury?
Does a mother taking two 1000 DZD banknotes from her son in exchange for giving him one 2000 DZD banknote, without immediate possession, constitute usury (riba)?
What is the ruling on the sale of a plot of land by the original owner's agent to an unknown third party, and who has the right to the sale proceeds after the original owner had sold it to his sister and her husband through a suspended sale in which ownership was not transferred?
Is it permissible for a Muslim student to benefit from an interest-free educational loan that converts into a grant upon passing the mid-term exam, and converts into an interest-bearing debt in case of failure, dropping out, or graduation, knowing that he does not need it and has the ability to repay it immediately in any case?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on dealing with a mother's insistence that her son take out an interest-bearing loan to buy a house and a car, even though he knows it is forbidden, and her threatening him with anger and abandonment if he does not comply?
What should I do concerning the bank deposit with prohibited interest that is about to expire, some of its interest having been used to purchase an apartment?
What is the ruling on an office for transferring money to another country that gives a reward to a person instead of taking a fee, so that it may benefit from recovering its balance from that country?
Is it obligatory to dispose of all usurious interest accrued from 1986 to 2005, or only the interest accrued in the last two years before it was stopped?
How should a girl act whose family has refused her marriage to a young man she loves, because they saw him arguing with her harshly, and they fear he would treat her badly?
Is it permissible to dispose of usurious gains by giving them to a university student son to buy study necessities, or to indigent brothers to pay off previous debts?
Is the parents' purchase of a car in installments from a usurious bank, and placing the equivalent of 100% of the remaining car price in investment certificates as collateral in this bank, which yields them annual interest, with a late payment penalty, considered usury (riba), and is it permissible for the son to ride or drive this car?
Is it permissible to take a loan from an interest-based bank to purchase a taxi license due to the unavailability of an Islamic alternative and the high cost of other alternatives?
Is it permissible to deal with a bank that the mother describes as operating according to Islamic Sharia, while the daughter herself has doubts and misgivings that dealing with it might be forbidden and bring about a curse?
Is the aforementioned method of transferring funds between currency exchange shop owners, which relies on trust and periodic settlement of accounts without a pre-existing balance, Islamically permissible? And what is the legitimate Islamic way to do so?
What is the ruling on selling by installments with an increase in price due to the installments, provided that a down payment is made and the commodity is purchased by the seller after agreement with the client?
Are America and Europe Dar al-Harb, and is it permissible for a resident of an Islamic country to deposit his money in a usurious bank therein for benefit, and is there a detailed study on this matter?
Is it permissible to complete the purchase of a house from a friend on an installment basis, knowing that she bought it with a usurious loan, and with the intention of repenting from accepting this contract?
Is the expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yameen) paid to a charity from money mixed with interest considered valid?
Is it permissible for the landlord to ask the tenant to pay two months' rent in advance in exchange for exempting him from paying the third month's rent, provided that monthly payments resume thereafter?
Is the treasurer, the check writer, and the payee sinful if the bank balance does not cover the value of the check, and the check is cashed as a loan to the institution with interest?
Is it permissible for individual heirs to participate in the public auction for the sale of the property, and is it a requirement to go to court due to the presence of a minor among the heirs?