Interest and Riba

4,478 questions

Is it permissible to spend from the interest of usurious banks on oneself, and what is incumbent upon one who has previously spent from it while having no other source of income?
Is it permissible to deal with usurious banks for the purpose of obtaining a large loan by exaggerating the price of the purchased land, in order to use it for charitable works?
Is it considered unlawful to deposit money in a bank and receive a fixed monthly interest from it, then spend it on the family? And what is the legitimate alternative if this interest is unlawful, given that there is no experience in trade and no fixed income?
Is playing card games with a computer considered as prohibited as playing them with real people? And what should a person do when they are subjected to having their money and possessions taken and their goods thrown on the ground under the name of "the system"?
Is zakat on money obligatory for money tied up in bank bonds with a quarterly return, which cannot be redeemed except after a specified period?
Is abandoning a house that was purchased with a bank loan and ceasing to pay the remaining amount considered a correct and rewarded action?
What is the ruling on dealing with usurious bank interest by leaving it as is, or by giving it to one's mother, knowing that she is aware of its prohibition? If giving it to the mother is unlawful, what should I do with it?
When do children become free from their father's authority? Are there other conditions for restricted authority besides conformity with Sharia and worldly interest, or is there a mistake in this? If a person is afflicted with a head of state or his representative—whether female or male—who fulfills both conditions or violates one of them, should the command be obeyed despite inner disapproval, or is there a detailed explanation? Is enjoining good and forbidding evil done with or without authority, whether issued by one of the legitimate authorities or by individuals who possess no authority?
Is a loan offered by a company to its employees for the purpose of purchasing, building, or expanding a home, which does not exceed fifty times the salary and has a maximum limit of fifty thousand dinars, and is to be repaid over 15 years, with the company charging 10% of its value as administrative fees; is it permissible (halal)?
What is the ruling on a loan agreement between an individual and a bank without interest, which involves a third party—the Ministry of Finance—that may or may not pay the interest to the bank?
What is the ruling on boycotting Chinese products due to Chinese state television's mockery of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and China's occupation of a Muslim country? And is it permissible to boycott merchants in a country due to the actions of some individuals in it who are offensive to Islam?
What is the ruling on conducting some financial transactions at work, such as lending to employees without the manager's knowledge, or taking an advance from the fund, or dealing with loan interest, or handling deficits or surpluses in the fund, and is taking money and then returning it considered a breach of trust?
Is a loan provided for the purchase of a bakery, which stipulates that flour must be purchased from the lender until the debt is repaid, considered usury (riba)?
Is a Muslim's refraining from entering the homes of his relatives, while continuing to speak to and greet them, on the pretext of fearing backbiting gatherings, considered a severing of kinship ties?
Am I obligated to visit my sick brother in the hospital, whom I have shunned at my husband's command due to his actions that displease Allah and his common-law marriage, or should I continue shunning him in the hope that he realizes his mistake?
Is it permissible for the heirs to take the money that their father deposited in a bank in France in 1982 and died in 1991? And is this money considered usury?
Is the sale of my mother's plot of land, through a mediator who profited 2,400 dinars without her knowledge, Islamically permissible, and is it permissible for the mediator to take this amount, and does any sin fall upon my mother as a result?
If a man says to his wife: "By God, by God, by God, if you leave the house before we return from the trip, you are divorced with three pronouncements," is this considered a conditional divorce or an oath that can be expiated? And if it is a conditional divorce, does one pronouncement of divorce occur, or three, if she leaves before returning from the trip?
Do comments that include direct accusations without proof, or defamation of well-known public figures, which are submitted to a website dedicated to a Jordanian city, count as slander, and does the sin fall upon its publisher?
Is it permissible to work on installing a telecommunications system for a commercial insurance company that includes life insurance?
How can one dispose of haram money earned from working in an interest-based bank for nine years, which was then invested in a permissible project that generated significant profits, and must one dispose of only the principal, or does that include the profits resulting from the project?
Should I repay the usurious house loan, or should I give the money to my relative who defaulted on a bank loan taken out in my name?
What is the ruling on real estate financing through Ijarah (leasing) as practiced by Islamic banks and their branches? Is it considered permissible, or is it a circumvention of the concept of usurious interest?
Is the wife's aunt entitled to receive from the usurious interest (Riba)?

Interest and Riba

Is it permissible to spend from the interest of usurious banks on oneself, and what is incumbent upon one who has previously spent from it while having no other source of income?

Is it permissible to deal with usurious banks for the purpose of obtaining a large loan by exaggerating the price of the purchased land, in order to use it for charitable works?

Is it considered unlawful to deposit money in a bank and receive a fixed monthly interest from it, then spend it on the family? And what is the legitimate alternative if this interest is unlawful, given that there is no experience in trade and no fixed income?

Is playing card games with a computer considered as prohibited as playing them with real people? And what should a person do when they are subjected to having their money and possessions taken and their goods thrown on the ground under the name of "the system"?

Is zakat on money obligatory for money tied up in bank bonds with a quarterly return, which cannot be redeemed except after a specified period?

Is abandoning a house that was purchased with a bank loan and ceasing to pay the remaining amount considered a correct and rewarded action?

What is the ruling on dealing with usurious bank interest by leaving it as is, or by giving it to one's mother, knowing that she is aware of its prohibition? If giving it to the mother is unlawful, what should I do with it?

What is the ruling on a loan agreement between an individual and a bank without interest, which involves a third party—the Ministry of Finance—that may or may not pay the interest to the bank?

Is a loan provided for the purchase of a bakery, which stipulates that flour must be purchased from the lender until the debt is repaid, considered usury (riba)?

Is a Muslim's refraining from entering the homes of his relatives, while continuing to speak to and greet them, on the pretext of fearing backbiting gatherings, considered a severing of kinship ties?

Am I obligated to visit my sick brother in the hospital, whom I have shunned at my husband's command due to his actions that displease Allah and his common-law marriage, or should I continue shunning him in the hope that he realizes his mistake?

Is it permissible for the heirs to take the money that their father deposited in a bank in France in 1982 and died in 1991? And is this money considered usury?

Is the sale of my mother's plot of land, through a mediator who profited 2,400 dinars without her knowledge, Islamically permissible, and is it permissible for the mediator to take this amount, and does any sin fall upon my mother as a result?

Do comments that include direct accusations without proof, or defamation of well-known public figures, which are submitted to a website dedicated to a Jordanian city, count as slander, and does the sin fall upon its publisher?

Is it permissible to work on installing a telecommunications system for a commercial insurance company that includes life insurance?

How can one dispose of haram money earned from working in an interest-based bank for nine years, which was then invested in a permissible project that generated significant profits, and must one dispose of only the principal, or does that include the profits resulting from the project?

Should I repay the usurious house loan, or should I give the money to my relative who defaulted on a bank loan taken out in my name?

What is the ruling on real estate financing through Ijarah (leasing) as practiced by Islamic banks and their branches? Is it considered permissible, or is it a circumvention of the concept of usurious interest?

Is the wife's aunt entitled to receive from the usurious interest (Riba)?