Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
What is the ruling on the work of an accountant who records accounting entries and monitors bank interest based on a management decision, and not his personal decision?
Is it prohibited to work in the field of graphics and animation that involves adding female voices to characters, which may include laughter or softness, on the pretext that a woman's voice is 'awrah, even if the work is beneficial to viewers, both adults and children?
Is it permissible to resort to the Jordan Islamic Bank to purchase a car, while having sufficient funds to do so, and to utilize those funds for other matters, and is there any Sharia doubt in dealing with this bank?
How does a Muslim Al-Albani advise his elderly female relative who deals in usury and lives off its profits, and who does not understand the unlawfulness of such money due to her lack of knowledge, and how should he deal with her if she insists on her action?
Is it permissible to take out an interest-bearing loan from a bank to buy an apartment, given that the husband promised his wife he would do so before marriage but did not fulfill his promise, and the wife fears living without shelter should marital disputes occur?
What is the ruling on creating services and auxiliary programs for usurious banks, especially if they are specific to the loans department, and what is the ruling on the programmer and administrative manager participating in that, and what is the ruling if the bank is Islamic?
What is the ruling on investing money, the origin of which is doubtful - due to suspicion of usury - with the intention of expelling this origin after the money has grown?
Is it permissible, obligatory, or forbidden to seek divorce in the event that the husband insists on taking a loan from the bank to buy a house, despite the wife knowing it is an interest-based loan and her desire to avoid usury?
Is it permissible to create a Facebook page to demand a holiday for students before exams?
Is there a public interest in prohibiting the import of used car spare parts, despite a previous Cabinet decision allowing it, and what is the impact of the prohibition on importers?
How is it justified to take usurious money and spend it on the welfare of Muslims and the poor, even though it is unlawful money, and how does that align with the Almighty’s saying: "And spend of the good things which We have provided for you, and do not aim for what is bad"?
What is the ruling on the youth housing system in Egypt, in which an upfront sum is paid, the state subsidizes a portion, and the bank pays the remainder, then the young person pays the price in annual installments with an increase of 7.5%? And is this transaction considered a loan or an installment sale?
What is the ruling on a loan taken from a bank based on the representative's assurance that it complies with Islamic Sharia as a sale of an unknown commodity, knowing that there is an urgent need for it and with an interest rate of 2.24%?
Is it permissible to help one's son with his marriage using money that originated from bank interest?
Is it permissible for the wife to ask for divorce because she demanded that her husband evict his brothers from the house where she lives, which is owned by the husband?
Is it permissible to benefit from a large financial prize from a usurious bank, considering it a loan without interest, to be repaid in monthly installments, given the absence of Islamic banks or loans in the country?
What is the ruling on money acquired from the currency exchange after the Islamic Fiqh Academy prohibited the transaction, and what should be done with it, especially given one's accustomedness to a luxurious life supported by this money?
Is it permissible to take interest from a usurious bank with the intention of spending all of it on a charity that supports Muslim causes, or is it better to leave the money in a current account without interest?
Is it permissible to work for a company that transports money for companies and institutions, including usurious banks?
Must the house be returned to the state that nationalized homes and properties, then compensated the owners with a paltry sum?
What is the evidence of those who say that taʿzīr (disciplinary punishment) is recommended? Did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, inflict taʿzīr on all transgressors, and if not, how then can taʿzīr be obligatory? If striking a disobedient wife is a permissible taʿzīr, then is taʿzīr permissible? And does the command to invite to Islam with wisdom and good counsel contradict changing with force? And must every perpetrator of a sin have their matter raised to a judge for taʿzīr?
Is it permissible to purchase a car in installments from an institution that deals in usury, by paying half the price upfront and agreeing on a profit margin without mentioning interest in the contract?
Is it permissible for an employee entrusted with a financial deposit to place it in his personal investment account and take the profits generated from this deposit while the full amount of the deposit remains intact?
Should a young man marry with money from an usurious loan paid by his father, or should he continue to fall into fornication, which he cannot prevent?