Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is one who repeatedly advertises an interest-based loan, playfully and forgetfully, then regrets his action, sinful?
Is it permissible to agree with the property owner to raise its value to the bank to cover the first installment of the Murabaha?
Are the profits from money deposited in a usurious bank for my daughter unlawful, and is it permissible to purchase investment certificates with this money and benefit from its profits for living expenses?
Can the amount lost due to a transfer error be considered as the value of the usurious interest earned, or must the usurious interest added to the money be disbursed independently? And can the amount owed to me that could not be recovered be considered as part of the usurious interest that must be disposed of?
Is it permissible to pay money to an employee or a person who has connections in the municipality so that he approves the licensing of offices with an area of less than 12 square meters, knowing that this does not harm anyone and does not entail usurping anyone's right?
What is the Shar'i ruling on borrowing money from Iraqi banks to buy a house, with a penalty clause to pay additional fees if the repayment period exceeds twenty years?
What is the ruling on the interest that the mother of orphans spends monthly from the blood money of her children, which is deposited in a conventional bank, after the court refused to deposit it in an Islamic bank, and is this interest considered usury?
Does the hadith: "Unless you see blatant disbelief about which you have proof from Allah" mean that it is permissible to revolt against the ruler when there is blatant disbelief, without waiting to establish the proof of the ruler's disbelief, since the revolt is conditioned on the existence of disbelief and not on the existence of a disbelieving ruler?
Will the judge grant custody to the mother or to the children's grandfather, knowing that the children are infants and the mother is a widow and has the right to custody?
What is the ruling on terminating a commodity purchase transaction before its arrival, on the pretext of stopping the usurious interest that the financial intermediary is likely to be investing the money in?
Is it permissible to use Visa and Mastercard in retail stores, given that the vendor pays fees to the bank and nothing is deducted from the buyer's account?
Is money earned from renting out a house built without a government permit unlawful (haram), and how should one deal with a father who spends from it?
Is it obligatory to ascertain whether a company adheres to environmental laws and does not pollute the environment beyond permissible limits, and is it forbidden to deal with it if it is an environmental polluter?
Is it permissible for the unchaste fornicator (غير المحصن) who has sincerely repented and has not been apprehended, to request the implementation of the hudud penalty for fornication upon himself, and for the flogging to be carried out in a private place to avoid public exposure, and for the flogging to be administered in portions? And does the hudud penalty then lapse for him? Is exile or banishment (النفي أو التغريب) a Sunnah after flogging, and is it a hadd (prescribed penalty) or a ta'zir (discretionary punishment)? Is it permissible to adopt the view of the Hanafis in abolishing exile for the sake of public interest (maslahah)? And is it sufficient for a person to exile himself to nullify his hadd penalty?
Is it Islamically permissible to deal with usurious banks to benefit from government housing projects, knowing that the state stipulates the availability of the amount to purchase the dwelling, otherwise the bank will lend with usurious interest? And does the inquirer's situation, related to the high cost of real estate and its rent, permit usury out of necessity?
Is it permissible to buy materials (doors, windows, water tanks) at low prices from markets where it is suspected that their goods are stolen from demolished houses, due to dire need and inability to buy new ones?
If an usurious increase is stipulated in a loan, and you wish to pay off the debt before this increase becomes due, is this loan considered permissible due to the conventional jurisprudential necessity, or is it only permissible in cases of extreme necessity?
Is it permissible for the poor villagers to secretly gather firewood from a forest from which the state prohibits woodcutting, provided they are careful to take only dry wood and not harm the forest, given their poverty, the cold winter, and the high price of fuel? And is it permissible for the supervisor to turn a blind eye to them?
What is the religious ruling regarding a husband who refuses to pay the required tax to obtain housing support, and refuses to borrow money to pay it, fearing what his wife's family might say, even though he has housed his wife in a storage room?
What is the religious ruling on a person neglecting their talent and failing to develop it, and what is the ruling on parents who stand as an obstacle to their children developing their talents?
Is it permissible or forbidden for the school to confiscate sweets and cosmetics from female students, especially if some teachers use these confiscated items? And is this considered an embezzlement from the spoils of war (ghulul)?
Can a marriage fail due to a parent's disapproval? Has a Prophetic Hadith been reported confirming this? And is a parent's approval an essential condition for marriage?
Is it permissible for a university student to use an incorrect document proving her residency in order to enroll in the university, given that the university is aware of the document's inaccuracy and that her grades are high?
Does the husband incur sin if he ceases to demand the inheritance of his two daughters from their deceased mother, in order to avoid disputes with the wife's family and to maintain kinship ties, knowing that he is their guardian and not the owner of the money?