Interest and Riba

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What is the ruling of Islamic law on purchasing a house in America through an interest-based method, given the dire need for housing?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning fulfilling a promise to pay an additional amount beyond the agreed-upon price of land in a contract, which the heirs' agent secretly stipulated for the completion of the sale?
Is it permissible to take out a loan from banks (traditional or Islamic) to purchase a house in installments, especially if the Islamic bank's rate is higher and non-decreasing?
What is the lawful alternative to a bank if money is the sole source of income and cannot be invested in trade or partnerships?
Is informing the young man's father that he took money from the woman considered an injustice to him, and is it considered forbidden for the woman if the young man takes a loan to pay off his debt?
Are the funds in banks such as Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt, Bank of Alexandria, and Faisal Islamic Bank considered usurious or Islamic?
What is the ruling on borrowing from a usurious bank where the Ministry of Finance pays a 1% service fee instead of the borrower, and does the ruling differ if the contract does not mention the details of paying this percentage?
Is it permissible to work for a company whose funds are held in a usurious bank, while avoiding usurious transactions, knowing that a portion of the company's capital comes from usurious surpluses?
What is the ruling on reporting nursing negligence in a private hospital that causes harm to patients, knowing that one of the partners tolerates negligence while the other is very strict?
Is it permissible to obtain an interest-bearing loan from a conventional bank to finance a marble extraction project, knowing that the project will repay the loan within six months?
Is it permissible to reschedule a loan with a lower interest rate, while paying the bank 200 dinars, and increasing the loan amount to buy a larger family car?
Do traffic violations recorded for speeding, which did not result in accidents or injuries, constitute a debt owed by the violator to the state?
What is the ruling on Abdul Rahman's usurious dealings, and how can he repent from them?
What is the ruling on maintaining a savings account in a commercial bank that yields annual interest, and what should be done with this interest? Is it permissible to open an investment account for my son with an investment company affiliated with a commercial bank, which involves periodic payments and a target amount after 10 years?
Is it permissible to pay the water bill from interest [money] if Kahramaa has imposed it on us due to an error on their part, and we are made to bear this error?
Is it permissible to work as a telemarketer for a forex brokerage company that deals in margin and without interest, knowing that the company makes an accounting entry as an alternative to hand-tohand قبض (qabd)?
Is a fixed monthly amount from the profit—as paid by the partner—considered doubtful?
What is the ruling regarding a person who claimed that the wife deliberately threw the wallet and robbed her husband, and that there was a woman who saw her throw it but he did not disclose her name, and what is the ruling on shunning this person?
Is it permissible for me to take commingled money from my father to open a shop, knowing that most of this money comes from Riba-based loans?
Is margin trading in the stock market or through the Forex system prohibited, and can it be made permissible?
Is the transaction that takes place with car dealers in Algeria, which allows the buyer to choose the car and pay a first installment followed by monthly installments transferred directly to the car owner's account, with the car being registered in the buyer's name immediately upon payment of the first installment, considered Murabaha or a sale, knowing that the bank mentioned in the documents is not dealt with by the buyer?
Is it permissible for someone to pay off the debts of others—without their knowledge—using money earned from bank interest, in order to protect the debtor from harm, regardless of whether these debtors are in hardship or are procrastinators?
Is it permissible to give usurious bank interest to friends as a wedding gift to help them?
Is it permissible to take a loan whose interest is borne by one of the ministries?

Interest and Riba

What is the ruling of Islamic law on purchasing a house in America through an interest-based method, given the dire need for housing?

What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning fulfilling a promise to pay an additional amount beyond the agreed-upon price of land in a contract, which the heirs' agent secretly stipulated for the completion of the sale?

Is it permissible to take out a loan from banks (traditional or Islamic) to purchase a house in installments, especially if the Islamic bank's rate is higher and non-decreasing?

What is the lawful alternative to a bank if money is the sole source of income and cannot be invested in trade or partnerships?

Is informing the young man's father that he took money from the woman considered an injustice to him, and is it considered forbidden for the woman if the young man takes a loan to pay off his debt?

Are the funds in banks such as Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt, Bank of Alexandria, and Faisal Islamic Bank considered usurious or Islamic?

What is the ruling on borrowing from a usurious bank where the Ministry of Finance pays a 1% service fee instead of the borrower, and does the ruling differ if the contract does not mention the details of paying this percentage?

Is it permissible to work for a company whose funds are held in a usurious bank, while avoiding usurious transactions, knowing that a portion of the company's capital comes from usurious surpluses?

What is the ruling on reporting nursing negligence in a private hospital that causes harm to patients, knowing that one of the partners tolerates negligence while the other is very strict?

Is it permissible to obtain an interest-bearing loan from a conventional bank to finance a marble extraction project, knowing that the project will repay the loan within six months?

Is it permissible to reschedule a loan with a lower interest rate, while paying the bank 200 dinars, and increasing the loan amount to buy a larger family car?

Do traffic violations recorded for speeding, which did not result in accidents or injuries, constitute a debt owed by the violator to the state?

What is the ruling on Abdul Rahman's usurious dealings, and how can he repent from them?

Is it permissible to pay the water bill from interest [money] if Kahramaa has imposed it on us due to an error on their part, and we are made to bear this error?

Is it permissible to work as a telemarketer for a forex brokerage company that deals in margin and without interest, knowing that the company makes an accounting entry as an alternative to hand-tohand قبض (qabd)?

Is a fixed monthly amount from the profit—as paid by the partner—considered doubtful?

What is the ruling regarding a person who claimed that the wife deliberately threw the wallet and robbed her husband, and that there was a woman who saw her throw it but he did not disclose her name, and what is the ruling on shunning this person?

Is it permissible for me to take commingled money from my father to open a shop, knowing that most of this money comes from Riba-based loans?

Is margin trading in the stock market or through the Forex system prohibited, and can it be made permissible?

Is it permissible for someone to pay off the debts of others—without their knowledge—using money earned from bank interest, in order to protect the debtor from harm, regardless of whether these debtors are in hardship or are procrastinators?

Is it permissible to give usurious bank interest to friends as a wedding gift to help them?

Is it permissible to take a loan whose interest is borne by one of the ministries?