Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
What is the ruling on depositing post-dated checks in the bank in exchange for receiving cash amounts and paying bank interest, knowing that there are no Islamic banks and that this is the only way for trade to continue?
What is to be done after a husband loses his job and his financial income ceases, with an interest-bearing loan, and the inability to provide for the family's basic expenses?
Is it permissible to work in a French usurious bank if the work involves drafting contracts for non-Muslims to obtain cash amounts with usurious interest taken by the bank?
Is the end-of-service bonus from the Employees' Fund, which optionally offers usurious loans to its participants, permissible or forbidden? And does the sin fall only upon those who seek the loans, or upon all participants?
Is the job of a financial manager at a cement factory that relies on usurious funding and deals with usurious banks permissible, and what is the ruling on this if the majority of available jobs are of this nature?
Is a father considered disobedient to his mother if he and his family move to another house in a different neighborhood despite her refusal, and the mother settles with another relative?
Is the variable interest disbursed from the Platinum investment certificates at the National Bank of Egypt permissible or forbidden, and is it considered usury? What is the ruling on the amounts that have been disbursed from it previously, and what is the ruling on using them to complete the price of purchasing an apartment?
Is one who created a program that does not deal with usury sinful if his professor sold it to entities that deal with usury?
Is it permissible to take the difference in the car's value after its repair, and is it permissible to take the rental value for the period the car is in the workshop after an accident?
Is it permissible to give a sister a gold necklace from the inheritance as part of her share in the price of a building that was purchased from the heirs, or must the necklace be sold first and then her share given to her in cash? And is it permissible to lend her money to buy the necklace and then reclaim it from her as part of her share?
Is it permissible to purchase land from the Urban Communities Authority in installments, with an interest rate determined by the Central Bank, for the purpose of paying these installments directly to the treasury of the Authority's affiliated agency, knowing that this aims to grow the volume of business, create job opportunities, and facilitate matters for clients?
Is it permissible to take out an interest-bearing loan to cover the costs of renovating my elderly mother's house, which is in danger of collapsing, knowing that she is old and does not have sufficient income?
Is it permissible for one of the sons to dispose of a portion of his elderly father's land and utilize it without consulting the rest of his siblings, given that the values of the land portions vary?
What is the meaning of the Hadith: "Every body that is nourished by unlawful means, the Fire is more befitting for it," and does this include children and the wife if the father's money was unlawful, and is the daughter's Hajj accepted if it was performed with her father's unlawful money?
Is the money collected by supervisors from violations during trips, and distributed among them, unlawful, especially if I take it with the intention of giving it to the needy?
Is the word "بسم" (Bism) without the alif correct, and is there a way to teach children the Islamic sciences according to the methodology of the Sunnis and the Community, and to raise them properly, via the internet?
Is it permissible to transfer inherited money from an interest-based bank to an Islamic bank, or to donate it, and does the use of usurious interest bring sin upon the heirs or only upon the deceased, and what should be done to save the deceased from torment?
What is the ruling on helping my brother and his wife repay a usurious loan, whether by paying them a monthly sum or by settling the bank's debt in a single payment, while gifting a portion of it and requesting the remainder as a loan?
What is the religious ruling on a wife's disobedience to her husband, when she insists on going to her father's house despite his refusal due to her pregnancy?
Is it permissible for a wife to seek divorce from her husband due to his failure to provide for her, except when he is present with her?
Is the woman considered sinful for living with her brother who deals in usury, and must she leave the house if she finds a job?
Is receiving money in exchange for displaying goods in a market rented out by the state, by the person who rented it, considered a form of "makas" (unlawful gain)? And what is the definition of "makas," with an example?
How can one get rid of the obsessive whispers concerning hypocrisy, God's عدم مغفرة [lack of forgiveness], and torment for major sins, despite sincere repentance?
Is it permissible to borrow with interest to build a house for one's children, given that the father has given his son a plot of land for this purpose, and he must vacate his apartment for his brother within a year?