Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it permissible for me to hand over a sum of usurious loan money from my brother to the landlord, knowing its source?
Is it permissible to rent out gold and silver jewelry for a fee, or are they considered like currencies, making such an act usury (riba)?
Do those who work in a management consulting office sin when they provide feasibility studies for projects, if the owners of these projects later obtain usurious loans, knowing that the office advises them to turn to Islamic banks or non-usurious government funds?
Is it permissible to demand profits in exchange for the company's delay in paying dues, especially since it invests other people's money and generates profits for them?
Is it permissible to open a savings account at the Housing and Development Bank with 200 EGP to gain priority in purchasing an apartment, knowing that the sole purpose is to gain priority and not to benefit from interest?
What is the ruling on a founder of a charity employing unqualified teachers in an Islamic school affiliated with the charity and paying their salaries from donation funds, simply because they are his acquaintances?
Is it permissible to take a loan from an usurious bank to pay back usurious interest of the same amount that the bank had added to the account?
What is the ruling on purchasing mobile phones or other goods by installment, and what is the way out for someone in dire need who does not possess their cash price, if that is forbidden?
What is the ruling on opening a savings account in an interest-based bank out of necessity, with no alternative available, and is it permissible to withdraw the money before interest is calculated to avoid it?
Is it possible to obtain a non-interest (riba-free) loan from Doha, and what are its conditions, to help those about to marry in Tunisia, and can benevolent people establish an Islamic bank in Tunisia to avoid interest-based loans?
Is the transaction conducted by an Islamic bank, which involves opening an account for the borrower and depositing shares equivalent to the loan amount into it, and then granting the client the freedom to dispose of these shares through speculation or sale, permissible or a form of deception?
Will I be sinful for participating in the establishment of a company with one person who occasionally drinks alcohol and another who finances his share with an interest-based loan?
What is the ruling on the increase in my father's inherited savings account due to bank interest? Is it permissible to use this increase to pay off my brother's usurious debts or to cover arrears on my father's properties? And what is the ruling on inheritance funds in other bank accounts where it is difficult to ascertain their origins?
What should the husband do during the period preceding the return of money to its owners, and how does he calculate or estimate the percentage, especially since there is no loss in his business, and if he reduces the profit percentage, the owners of the money may demand its return, which he is currently unable to do?
Is it permissible to trim the beard for someone residing in a foreign country (Japan) to avoid an off-putting appearance?
What is the ruling on investment funds and their returns at Commercial International Bank, especially the fixed income fund?
What is the ruling on praying in a mosque built on government land without the state's approval, and is this land considered usurped?
Is it permissible for a father to dispose of his minor daughter's inheritance by purchasing real estate with it, and does the rent from this real estate belong to him, or must it be saved for his daughter?
Is the mother entitled to demand that the father obtain a British passport for their daughter—who resides in Saudi Arabia—so that she can be added to the residency permit, given that the mother is Yemeni and the father is of Libyan origin and holds British citizenship, and the Yemeni embassy refused to issue a passport for her, and a Libyan passport is not permitted in Saudi Arabia, and the competent authorities are demanding the father's own passport?
Is skipping a daily lesson in the mosque considered a turning away from the remembrance of Allah, and does the verse: "But whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a difficult life" apply to him?
Is working for a company that underwrites investment loans for unemployed people's projects permissible or forbidden, knowing that these loans involve interest?
Is it permissible to withhold assistance from a relative who took out an interest-based loan and mismanaged his money, leading to an accumulation of debts?
What is the ruling on opening a savings account at Dar Al-Safaa, which is affiliated with a usurious bank, for receiving salary and saving money instead of a current account at a usurious bank, and what is the ruling on using an ATM card that includes a cash advance service?
Is it permissible for a person who stole money from his employer, and repented of his act, to deduct his overdue salaries and compensations from the stolen amount, and then secretly return the remainder? And is the employer guaranteed the money that was stolen from his office? And what is the ruling on money with which a car and a house were bought through usurious loans?