Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
What is the advice for dealing with the father of a wife divorced irrevocably (by three pronouncements) during a period of purity in which intercourse occurred, who remains angry and avoids the divorcer, despite attempts at apology and reconciliation, and is temporary avoidance of him considered a wise action?
Is the interest paid to the Social Security Corporation to obtain a retirement salary considered usury, and is the resulting retirement salary unlawful?
What is the ruling concerning a state whose constitution stipulates that the king has the right of special pardon and commutation of sentence, while general amnesty is decreed by a special law?
What is the ruling on a brother buying a car, then selling it to the questioner through an Islamic bank via a Murabaha (cost-plus financing) system, so that the brother can recover the debt he lent to the questioner?
Is it permissible for a person to lend a sum of money and ask the borrower to purchase a specific item for him when he has the money available, and does this fall under the category of usury (riba)?
What is the ruling on dealing with an entity that requests an upfront percentage (4% for six months and 7% for a year) of the value of an import deal for goods in exchange for opening a letter of credit to cover the purchase?
Is selling a plot of land, whose installments are being paid off by a man to an usurious company at an annual interest rate of 6%, and then the full price was paid early to the company, considered valid or does it involve usury? And what should be done if that is the case?
Is it permissible to use old mosque carpets for other purposes, such as shading sheep, instead of discarding them?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, to terminate an online purchase transaction by claiming the goods have been delivered, even though they have not yet arrived, for the purpose of stopping a financial intermediary from investing the held funds with interest (riba)?
Is it permissible for a representative of a Mujahideen group, who collects money and receives funds that are not specified for the entity he works for, to give these funds to a second group, claiming that they are from the first group for the sake of reconciling hearts (lying for reconciliation), while committing that the money will be for the Mujahideen as it was specified when named for the entity?
What is the ruling on a head of an institution who donates from its funds to orphans and for building mosques without authorization, claiming the money is his own, for the purpose of media appearance, and then settles these donations as other purchases for the institution?
Is it permissible to donate the remainder of the endowment’s revenue to charitable causes, such as the needy in Syria, in the event that there are currently no needy descendants, and is it permissible to spend from the endowment’s revenue on the grandmother and the incapacitated paternal uncle, given that there is no one to support them, and there are no needy descendants?
Are the 2% fees imposed on foreign currencies in the bank's prepaid cards considered usury (riba), given that the total amount (item + fees) remains less than its price locally?
Is it permissible or impermissible to withdraw money in Dirhams from a brother's Visa card and send it to him in US Dollars to benefit from the exchange rate difference?
What is the ruling on benefiting from the exchange rate difference—the increase—when withdrawing money with an ATM card in a country other than my own, knowing that the card belongs to an Islamic bank?
Is assessing the land and taking interest on the final installments of its purchase from the bank considered usury?
What is the ruling on dealing with the New Zealand company "Star Capital," which operates in currency trading in the Forex market, invests clients' deposited funds with a minimum of $1000, provides variable monthly returns ranging from 5.11% to 7.23%, guarantees only 97% of the deposited funds, offers commissions to referrers ranging from 5% to 10% of the referred clients' profits without diminishing their profits, allows withdrawal of funds and profits at any time, and applies compound interest to unwithdrawn profits?
Is it permissible to say something that did not happen or to feign love for something one does not love, such as choosing a singer or speaking positively about singing, within the context of a required topic? And is this considered forbidden lying?
Is it permissible to take a down payment from a buyer due to insufficient capital to provide the required quantity of goods, or for the buyer to transfer the price of the goods directly to the company while the profit margin is transferred to my account without his knowledge of the profit percentage?
What is the ruling on interceding for a person to obtain an interest-based loan from a bank, knowing that he will repay the loan and its interest, and he owns land that can be sold to meet his needs?
Is it permissible for a woman to abort the fetus due to difficult health and social circumstances, and what is the ruling on that, and does it entail expiation?
What is the Shar'i ruling on a wife who leaves her husband's home at his command after falsely accusing him and refusing to return to him, and what is the solution regarding the children given the prolonged court proceedings?
What is the ruling on my grandmother taking the life insurance money of my deceased uncle, and should she give it in charity with the intention of getting rid of it or as an act of charity, or should she benefit from it, or would her benefiting from it harm my uncle?
Are the loans from the Social Fund for Development, whose conditions have been detailed, and which Sheikh Nasr Farid Wasel has issued a fatwa permitting their use as developmental financing, not considered usury?