Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it obligatory for my husband's brother to leave his job at the interest-based bank due to his suffering from psychological depression, and what is the ruling on gifts and what we eat in his house?
Is the money my friend earns from her work at two companies, with official appointments—one where she works one day a week and the other for the remaining days, with the knowledge and support of her managers—lawful or unlawful?
What are the percentages of the mentioned profits that are permissible (halal), and is it permissible to donate the impermissible (haram) portion for building health facilities for a mosque?
How should one who repented from usury deal with the profits generated from it? Is it permissible for him to gift it to a relative, and is it lawful for the recipient to take this money despite knowing its source?
What is the ruling on working as an accountant in a semi-governmental insurance company, knowing that the rate of life insurance in it does not exceed 2% of its total transactions, and it does not obtain its money from its customers through usurious interest even if payment is delayed, and most of its contracts are based on mutual consent, and other branches of insurance are optional except for compulsory car insurance, with no Islamic alternatives for work available? Is it permissible to approve my marriage to a girl while I work in this field?
Is one who drives without a license sinful if he suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder that prevents him from obtaining it, given his proficiency in driving and his dire need for it for his worldly and religious affairs?
Is selling shares at a price higher than the original capital, taking into account the rate of financial inflation, considered permissible and not usurious?
Is it permissible to take out an interest-bearing loan to pay off a debt that caused a dispute with one's brother?
What is the ruling on purchasing a house from a company with financing from a usurious bank, where the company pays part of the interest and the employee pays the other part?
What is the ruling on the Amanah loan from the British Bank in Dubai, which is a system of authorizing the bank to buy and sell copper or metal commodities, whereby the person takes an amount and repays it for more than its value through the Islamic Murabaha system, with a Sharia committee for the bank stating the permissibility and legitimacy of this transaction?
Is the increase in money exchanged between women when they exchange visits on occasions considered usury?
Is it permissible to deposit money in banks that do not specify interest or profits?
Is it permissible for the heirs to stop paying the remaining installments of the deceased's debt if the amount already paid has exceeded the original debt due to late payment penalties?
Is a daughter considered sinful if she lives with her mother in a house that the mother bought with money to which usurious interest was added, after the father's death and his leaving a sum of money?
Is it permissible or impermissible to own shares in Gulf Investment Bank, and is it permissible to purchase them?
Is it permissible for a participant in a Mudarabah company to guarantee another partner's capital in return for receiving 50% of the profits, and to be a partner in profit and loss according to specified percentages (such that he profits 50% of the capital and loses 20% of it in case of loss)?
What is the meaning of "Who will lend Allah a goodly loan"?
Is it permissible to sell a car by installments with the help of a third party who pays part of the price to the seller in exchange for the buyer paying the installments to that person?
To what extent is it permissible to purchase goods in installments from a bank at their original price agreed upon with the seller, knowing that the bank will take a commission from the seller?
What is the ruling on online currency trading, and is that considered "qabdh" (seizure or possession) in the same session, and what is the ruling on stock trading if currency trading is prohibited?
Is it permissible for a brother working in America to withdraw an amount of 35,0 dollars using a credit card, and pay the minimum due (600 dollars, of which 500 is interest), knowing that his income is 2,0 dollars, and he has no savings, and that this will be paid over 40 years? Is it permissible for him to go to the bank and ask for the debt to be waived on the grounds of financial hardship?
What is the ruling on life insurance, and does it fall under the category of usury (riba)? What is the difference between legal blood money (Diyya Shar'iyya) and compensation in cases of loss of life due to accidents?
What is the religious ruling on buying Mubarak apartments, which are available through the Housing and Development Bank, with a down payment of 5,000 EGP and increasing monthly installments (150 EGP increasing by 2% annually); knowing that their original price is 65,000 EGP and they become 70,000-75,000 EGP this way?
What should one do who took out a loan, the impermissibility of which became clear to him three years later, and he is unable to stop the payments? Can he purify the money after the loan ends, and is all the money earned from the project unlawful?