Interest and Riba

4,478 questions

Is it permissible to increase the price of an item beyond its original price in exchange for the effort expended in acquiring it?
What is the ruling on working in an interest-based bank when there is no permissible alternative for earning a livelihood, and is it permissible to return to such work in a case of necessity?
What are the Shar'i violations in a commenda partnership contract where the buyer pays a sum of money to the company, and then the company refunds this amount after delivering the house, with one overt partner bearing responsibility and the remaining partners being covert?
Is it obligatory to give as charity the bank profit that was used out of necessity, or to return it to the bank, and is using this amount considered a sin?
What is the authenticity of the narration mentioned about the Children of Israel, and is the intent behind their "eating and drinking with them" their companionship during sin? What are the sins intended? And what is the meaning of "striking the hearts of some of them with others"? Does this necessitate abandoning wicked relatives and disbelieving parents?
Is it permissible to withdraw the money remaining in the bank—which I considered usury and did not withdraw—in order to complete a government transaction, provided that the same amount is donated as charity after a month, or is it obligatory to borrow from others?
Is the friend of the questioner, who owns a company that produces electricity from solar energy, sinful if the client takes a non-interest-bearing loan from an interest-based bank to pay for the service, and does the ruling differ if the loan is interest-bearing?
Is the company's money permissible, considering that it borrows with usury to pay employees' salaries, and must the questioner leave working for it?
What is the ruling on a covered Visa card with a flat fee, which does not involve lending, and is a percentage commission on cash withdrawals from it permissible?
What is the ruling on buying a house in one's home country with a loan, knowing that the questioner lives abroad in rented accommodation?
Is working as an accountant in a company that started with capital from a loan, on which a "loan commission" is paid instead of interest, permissible or impermissible?
Is one who leaves his salary in the bank for a period ranging between 3 and 4 months before transferring it, sinful, knowing that he is unable to transfer it monthly and does not take interest on the amount?
Is it permissible to invest in the Islamic Amanah service at the British Bank in Qatar?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on selling a plot of land, owned jointly by a person and his brother, to a usurious bank that wishes to build a usurious bank on it, and what should he do if his brother wishes to sell despite the Sharia prohibition?
Is it permissible to pay a sum of money to someone to backdate a university degree, knowing that official authentication is suspended and that the lack of authentication harms the degree holder financially and administratively?
Is it permissible to purchase in-kind goods (such as baby milk and diapers) for the needs of orphaned infants in a governmental orphanage using Zakat funds?
Is the legal interest of 9% adjudicated on the value of expropriated land permissible or forbidden, especially given that the plaintiff did not relinquish his money by choice and was deprived of the use of his land for years?
What is the ruling on making a settlement and paying $10,0 for a loss of $30,0 to a stock brokerage firm, or having them buy the same shares again and paying their value of $60,0 in interest-free installments?
Is it permissible to take from money that originated as an interest-based loan?
What is the ruling on someone who changed their relative's profession to "unemployed" (mutasabbib) while they are employed, and what should they do to rectify this?
What is the ruling on usurious interest gained from a scholarship in a foreign country, and is it permissible to use this interest to pay water bills?
Is it permissible to give the seller the value of the mortgage to release the real estate mortgage on the house, or to give him a down payment on the house's value, before Alinma Bank buys the house and sells it to me?
What is the ruling on working for a company that deals with usury (riba), or working as an accountant who reviews its usurious transactions, or as a driver for a stock exchange company?
Is it permissible to purchase a car in installments from a car company owned by the bank that will provide the financing?

Interest and Riba

Is it permissible to increase the price of an item beyond its original price in exchange for the effort expended in acquiring it?

What is the ruling on working in an interest-based bank when there is no permissible alternative for earning a livelihood, and is it permissible to return to such work in a case of necessity?

What are the Shar'i violations in a commenda partnership contract where the buyer pays a sum of money to the company, and then the company refunds this amount after delivering the house, with one overt partner bearing responsibility and the remaining partners being covert?

Is it obligatory to give as charity the bank profit that was used out of necessity, or to return it to the bank, and is using this amount considered a sin?

Is it permissible to withdraw the money remaining in the bank—which I considered usury and did not withdraw—in order to complete a government transaction, provided that the same amount is donated as charity after a month, or is it obligatory to borrow from others?

Is the friend of the questioner, who owns a company that produces electricity from solar energy, sinful if the client takes a non-interest-bearing loan from an interest-based bank to pay for the service, and does the ruling differ if the loan is interest-bearing?

Is the company's money permissible, considering that it borrows with usury to pay employees' salaries, and must the questioner leave working for it?

What is the ruling on a covered Visa card with a flat fee, which does not involve lending, and is a percentage commission on cash withdrawals from it permissible?

What is the ruling on buying a house in one's home country with a loan, knowing that the questioner lives abroad in rented accommodation?

Is working as an accountant in a company that started with capital from a loan, on which a "loan commission" is paid instead of interest, permissible or impermissible?

Is one who leaves his salary in the bank for a period ranging between 3 and 4 months before transferring it, sinful, knowing that he is unable to transfer it monthly and does not take interest on the amount?

Is it permissible to invest in the Islamic Amanah service at the British Bank in Qatar?

What is the ruling of the Sharia on selling a plot of land, owned jointly by a person and his brother, to a usurious bank that wishes to build a usurious bank on it, and what should he do if his brother wishes to sell despite the Sharia prohibition?

Is it permissible to pay a sum of money to someone to backdate a university degree, knowing that official authentication is suspended and that the lack of authentication harms the degree holder financially and administratively?

Is it permissible to purchase in-kind goods (such as baby milk and diapers) for the needs of orphaned infants in a governmental orphanage using Zakat funds?

Is the legal interest of 9% adjudicated on the value of expropriated land permissible or forbidden, especially given that the plaintiff did not relinquish his money by choice and was deprived of the use of his land for years?

What is the ruling on making a settlement and paying $10,0 for a loss of $30,0 to a stock brokerage firm, or having them buy the same shares again and paying their value of $60,0 in interest-free installments?

Is it permissible to take from money that originated as an interest-based loan?

What is the ruling on someone who changed their relative's profession to "unemployed" (mutasabbib) while they are employed, and what should they do to rectify this?

What is the ruling on usurious interest gained from a scholarship in a foreign country, and is it permissible to use this interest to pay water bills?

Is it permissible to give the seller the value of the mortgage to release the real estate mortgage on the house, or to give him a down payment on the house's value, before Alinma Bank buys the house and sells it to me?

What is the ruling on working for a company that deals with usury (riba), or working as an accountant who reviews its usurious transactions, or as a driver for a stock exchange company?

Is it permissible to purchase a car in installments from a car company owned by the bank that will provide the financing?