Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it permissible for me to visit my relative who is a murderer in prison?
Is money returned from an usurious loan considered unlawful?
What is the ruling of the Sharia regarding partnership with siblings who deal with usurious bank loans when in need? And should the capital be taken upon the father's death, or according to its current value? And is it permissible to leave the money with them and take its annual profits? And how does one expiate for usurious money that has been consumed?
Is it permissible to purchase a home or finance a project through a bank that buys the commodity (a home or machinery for the project) and the customer repays the bank in installments with a specified interest?
What is the ruling on paying a non-refundable fee of 500 Syrian Pounds to subscribe to an interest-free financial loan service from the Cooperative Fund?
Is it permissible to take out a loan from an usurious bank to buy a house in order to avoid anticipated problems when living with parents, especially since there are no Islamic banks in the country?
Is it permissible to use the prepaid internet card issued by Banque Misr, given that the bank takes 1.5 per mille of the purchase value as a service fee?
What is the ruling of Sharia on purchase loans granted by banks in Libya, whereby a person saves an amount and obtains a larger loan to purchase a dwelling, then the bank buys the property and sells it to the borrower at a higher price while mortgaging the property, knowing that the savings are returned to the saver?
How can a solidarity fund be established in a Sharia-compliant manner, and what is the ruling on dealing with this fund concerning Hajj and Umrah, and interest-free loans for schools, knowing that it engages in usurious transactions and its money is deposited in an interest-based bank?
Is it permissible to deal with a bank that grants equipment and supplies for a project in exchange for installments that exceed their real value, as a loan?
Is it permissible to purchase a house with usurious financing, knowing that the interest on the loan is taken upfront and that the buyer will bear the repayment of the remaining loan without an increase?
Is it permissible for me to obtain housing through an interest-based (usurious) loan to please my mother, who is pushing me to do so, knowing that my father expelled me from the house and mistreated me? Also, are the funds I save in my bank account from my salary considered permissible?
What is the ruling on purchasing electrical appliances, furniture, houses, or cars from the wealthy for the poor, provided that the amount is repaid with an increase (interest)?
How should money obtained from an interest-based loan or a savings account in a usurious bank be purified, and what is the proportion for purification? Is it permissible to give this proportion as charity?
Is it permissible to continue membership in a housing association that deposits its members' money in a bank and receives usurious interest to cover its expenses, and is the association excused in this due to legal compulsion to deposit the money in the bank?
Is it permissible to use the interest earned on the money the mother saved in the bank, knowing that she will borrow double this amount to cover the costs of the marriage?
Is it permissible to deposit money in banks of a foreign country due to a lack of security in the home country?
What is the ruling on working as a pharmaceutical sales representative, especially in foreign pharmaceutical companies? Is this work permissible or forbidden? And is dealing with foreign companies in this field considered a boycott?
What is the ruling on buying a house by paying 500,000 LBP to the bank, after which the bank pays 1,000,000 LBP after 6 months, and the remaining 500,000 LBP is paid back to the bank in easy installments?
How is the money remaining after the death of a husband who worked for an oil company and had other businesses divided, and is it permissible for the wife to take her share alone from the pre-agreed profits, knowing that both of the husband's parents passed away before him?
Is it permissible for a company to prepare bids for other companies, by agreement with them, in order for it to win a tender that it knows it is most qualified for, in order to fulfill the procedural requirements of the requesting entity?
Is the amount paid from bank interest to donate to a club for membership considered unlawful? And does the sin disappear if I pay the amount from my own money?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a husband's insistence that his wife work in usurious banks, while the wife refuses out of fear of falling into the forbidden (haram)?
Is the earning permissible for an employee in the management of a company that extracts phosphate, if this management practices usurious activities and deals with life insurance, given the employee's ability to avoid prohibited tasks within it?