Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it permissible for bakery owners to sell a portion of their daily subsidized flour quotas, taking into account the high operating costs and the fixed price of bread? Is it permissible to sell the flour remaining from the production of good bread and to use its proceeds, in light of supply inspectors demanding bribes? If it is not permissible to use the proceeds from the sold flour, is it permissible to use this money to cover the costs of lawsuits, fines, taxes, gas, and legal fees?
What is Sheikh Metwally Al-Shaarawy's opinion on bank interest?
Is buying an apartment in installments from a relative, with the condition of paying a sum of money as a down payment periodically until the installments are settled, considered usury? And upon whom does the burden of sin fall? And what should be done?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on dealing with a payment intermediary who refuses to deliver the full amount to the company and instead delivers it in installments, knowing that the intermediary was chosen by the company and not by the client?
Is the amount that will be received in exchange for working at a usurious loan association considered permissible or forbidden, knowing that the work was completed before the association began its activities?
What is the definition of Riba (usury) and the differences between its types, what is its permissible alternative, what are the non-usurious banks, and is buying Commercial International Bank (CIB) sukuk (Islamic bonds) that increase in value daily and can be sold at any time considered Riba or a variable interest? And is every variable interest permissible?
Can jinn truly enter a human body and control its actions, and do they have their own world, dwellings, and restaurants?
What is the ruling on benefiting from money received from selling a car via Murabaha to an Islamic bank, if the buyer had already taken possession of the car before the procedures were completed and the contract was signed between the seller and the bank?
Is it permissible to obtain a credit card and use it by depositing the amount intended for purchase into the card's account prior to the purchase, in order to avoid drawing from the available balance on the card? And is this considered an usurious transaction? And is it considered an usurious transaction if I ask a person who owns a credit card to make a purchase for me, and then I repay him the amount in cash?
How can the questioner rectify her husband's mistake of buying a house with an interest-based loan, and is she considered sinful for residing in this house?
Is money earned from working in a factory, part of whose construction was financed by a usurious loan, lawful? Am I held religiously accountable for this loan, and what should I do in this situation?
Is it permissible for a mother to take money from her husband—who possesses lawful wealth—to educate their children, in a situation where the husband refuses to spend on their education and she refuses to ask her family for more money to educate the children?
Is it permissible for the administration to deduct a portion of the salary of employees working under the productivity system, if they are late or leave early during the training course period in which no production occurs?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to work in an interest-based (usurious) bank, even if her work is administrative and in an office, given her need for money?
Is it permissible to give usurious money to one's brother with the intention of getting rid of it and helping him get married, knowing that he will not be asked to return it?
Is there any doubt concerning working in a commercial financial institution that sells products, sends and receives parcels, processes wages, issues transfers for a financial discount, saves customers' money which automatically generates added interest, and performs accounting, statistics, and annual budget reporting?
Am I sinful, and does my writing of promissory notes put me in the category of one who writes usury, especially after I discovered that the amount for which the car was purchased in installments was originally an interest-bearing loan?
Is it permissible to purchase an apartment for half the price in cash and the other half in installments through the bank?
Is it permissible for a charitable organization that grants loans to needy families to add 8 pounds monthly to cover administrative expenses, and is it permissible to collect a late fee if payment is delayed?
Which of the following projects are permissible to spend Zakat funds on, and which are not: digging wells for drinking water, heart surgeries for children from needy families, equipping and operating a health center, food and medical aid, and social assistance for modest families and a patient relief fund?
What is the ruling on confiscating food brought by students from outside government schools, which the administration prohibits from being brought in, and then giving it to the guard or worker?
Is the apartment lease contract permissible, when it involves presenting a sum of money as a pledge, called "salaf ihsan" (a benevolent loan) for a period of one year, in exchange for paying rent lower than the market price in a single payment, provided that the tenant recovers the pledge amount after the period ends and after having utilized the apartment during this period?
Is it Islamically permissible to participate in global stock exchange currency trading companies that guarantee a profit margin ranging from 7% to 12% on capital and a loss not exceeding 10%? And is there any usury (riba) in that?
Is taking out a loan to pay off a father's debts a sin, especially since the borrower is the family's sole provider?