Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
What should I do about my family's rejection of my marriage to a woman I intend to invite to Islam?
Is it permissible to purchase a car through a financing company affiliated with the dealership, where the buyer pays two-thirds of the amount in cash and the remaining one-third in installments with an annual increase of approximately 9.5%, in addition to paying administrative fees?
Is it permissible to violate the regulation that prohibits female students from entering faculty members' offices for reasons other than academic inquiry, especially with the intention of asking about the well-being of the female teachers and endearing oneself to them, given that the Vice Dean for Educational Affairs who established this regulation is known for harming teachers and students?
Is the rich obligated to respond to the poor if he offers him a gift intending help, and is there evidence for that in the Quran or Sunnah, and what are the cases that necessitate responding to or returning gifts?
Can a workplace be a source of ill omen and distress, and is the decision to leave school due to repeated failures to complete marriage proposals correct, especially since the matter has not yet become clear after performing Salatul-Istikhara?
What is the ruling on borrowing with interest from a non-Islamic bank, in order to increase income and achieve a personal benefit, after it became impossible to borrow from Islamic banks?
What is the ruling on subscribing to Metlife Alico's "Vision for Life for Your Child(ren)'s Education with Payor Benefit" program, which is based on paying monthly installments for 15 years to obtain a larger sum of money, and is this type of insurance considered Islamically permissible (halal) or does it fall under the suspicion of usury (riba), given that the company claims it is based on Islamic Murabaha?
Does the fact that an aluminum extraction plant commits environmental violations affect the ruling on working with aluminum extracted from it?
What is the ruling on subscribing to Al-Jazeera Takaful shares?
What is the ruling on an agreement between female friends to perform daily remembrance of Allah (dhikr) without restricting the number [of repetitions], with the intention of competing in good deeds and encouraging dhikr, while renewing the intention and not continuing for more than three weeks?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to perform Umrah with money from his father, if the father works as a manager of a club that deposits its profits in the bank, and he purifies it by giving away the usurious interest from his own money as charity?
What is the ruling on agreeing with the bank to automatically pay the credit card bill from the account on the due date to avoid the usurious condition, given that it is unknown what will happen if the balance is insufficient, and does the ruling differ when possessing cards from different companies to benefit from points or discounts that can be exchanged for cash?
Is it permissible to abandon a female friend who has repented from a previous relationship, and am I sinful for cutting ties with another female friend due to the exposure of her illicit relationship?
What is the ruling on taking a housing loan from an Islamic bank if the apartment owner pays the down payment (20%) on behalf of the borrower, and the bank repays it to him upon completion of the loan, with the bank appraising the apartment at a price higher than its original value?
Is it obligatory to withdraw money from Doha Bank because it is an interest-based bank?
What is the ruling on a mother taking from the money of her orphaned daughter, which is allocated to her from social security and social insurance, to cover household expenses or the salary of the maid who serves the daughter, and is she obligated to return what she has taken?
What is the ruling on the increase resulting from the annual interest in the savings account opened in my name with money from my deceased father, and is it permissible to use it to pay off usurious debts on behalf of my brother or to pay arrears on my father’s properties in order to receive them, and what is the ruling on inheritance from other bank accounts in usurious banks whose origins have not been verified?
What is the ruling on buying a house in installments if the third and fourth installments are paid directly by the bank to the contractor, on condition that the buyer repays the bank the amount with an additional 1% interest?
Is it permissible to take out a loan from a bank with interest if the company is in dire need of renewing its means of production, and bank loans with interest are the only available option after it became impossible to open up capital and financing through leasing proved to be very expensive?
What is the ruling on engaging in murabaha transactions with a usurious bank that does not own the house before selling it to us, considering the absence of Islamic banks, and is it permissible to agree with the seller on an additional amount unknown to the bank to avoid tax, and is this considered riba (usury)?
What is the ruling of the Sharia regarding a wife who insists on seeking divorce despite reconciliation attempts made by the family?
Is it permissible to purchase a shop with an interest-bearing loan and rent it out to others such that the rent equals the bank installment, in order to avoid paying from one's private funds?
As a dentist, is it permissible for me to take out a usurious loan to purchase the minimum necessary equipment to open my clinic, given that I do not have sufficient funds for this and there are no Islamic banks in my country?
Am I sinful if I give an incomplete statement about the value of money someone swore me by Allah about, in order to preserve family ties, and I did not utter any oath with my tongue?