Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
Is it permissible to divide the inheritance amount, or must the apartment's debt be paid off first, knowing that the grandmother wants her share of the inheritance?
What is the ruling on working at a central bank that deals with usury after having worked at an Islamic bank, and is it permissible to return to it because of the benefits it offers?
Are the profits from a postal savings account permissible (halal), given that they are variable and not fixed each year, and does this differ from an Islamic bank which also gives variable annual profits?
Is the income earned from working in a non-Islamic bank that provides financing services for small and medium-sized enterprises through technical and financial studies, and sets an interest rate—knowing that the bank's capital is contributed by individuals and the state, and salaries are paid by the Ministry of Finance—lawful or unlawful? And what should someone who worked in it, ignorant of the ruling, do?
Is the money the husband will get in exchange for convincing the company owner to vacate the property halal?
What is the ruling on incentive bonuses for employees of the General Treasury that are sourced from interest generated by municipal loans, and bonuses for employees of the Tax Department that are sourced from fines imposed on citizens for delaying tax payments? And what should be done if these bonuses are unlawful?
Does my husband's deduction of the amounts that banks withdraw from usurious interest when he donates them to the poor make the deducted amount unlawful (haram)?
Is it considered an act of disbelief (kufr) to mock a friend who deals with usury (riba) by saying that he is "swimming in blood" or that his "bank account is blood," knowing that the intention was not to mock the hadith but rather the friend himself?
Is a friend's offer to build an upper floor on a house, on the condition that he lives in it and leaves it upon recovering the cost of construction without any increase, considered usury (riba)?
Is it permissible to reside and pray in a house that was built with money borrowed from an interest-based bank?
What is the ruling on subscribing to the Commercial Professionals Syndicate in Egypt, and what about paying a financial fine for delay when there are doubts about the Syndicate's investment of funds in usurious banks?
How can one exit a usurious bank and transfer to an Islamic bank after taking a usurious loan to build a house?
What is the Shariah ruling on the inability to release the guarantee for a colleague who is still benefiting from an interest-based bank loan, after settling one's personal loan and having the colleague's guarantee released?
What is the ruling on working as an accountant for a government entity that deposits its funds in usurious banks, knowing that the accountant's work is limited to recording usurious interest in ledgers?
Is there a real connection between humans and jinn, and is it true that a jinn speaks through the tongue of the human it has "possessed"?
Is it permissible to congratulate and bless someone who has bought a house through a bank loan (usury)?
What is the ruling on working at the African Development Bank, which finances projects for countries with long-term loans and does not deal with individuals or companies? And are these loans forbidden?
What is the ruling on taking an interest-bearing loan of 20,0 pounds from British banks to pay for a house, with the intention of returning only the principal amount without the increase, and is this permissible on the pretext that the contract is void, or that it is spoils from the disbelievers, or that they caused the questioner to be displaced?
Is it permissible to benefit from the profits of a savings fund (bank interest), and is it permissible to distribute them to needy relatives?
Did I commit a sin against my sister by withdrawing money from the bank to help my eldest sister, and what do I owe my middle sister as compensation for the bank interest, and do my mother and eldest sister bear any sin in this regard?
Is it permissible to buy a car from one's brother through an Islamic bank, such that it is formally registered in the buyer's name but remains the brother's property, while the buyer benefits from the car's price due to his urgent need for money?
Is the first party entitled to claim profits for the period of the dispute after the second party continued to invest the money and refused to pay the profits on the grounds of the dispute?
Is it permissible to sell a house currently owned by the questioner and buy another with a bank loan involving Riba (usury/interest) due to neighborly disturbances, and would selling the current house be considered deception?
Is it unlawful for me to accept my father's financial support if it originates from usurious dealings, and what should I do in this situation? Is my Hajj, which was financed by my father, valid? Is it permissible for me to go with him to perform Umrah? If a suitor proposes to me, and his father deals in usury, yet the suitor himself is convinced of its unlawfulness, should I accept him, knowing that his father will assist him with the marriage expenses? Can I remain in my current situation, estimate what was spent on me and on the marriage, and then have my husband donate the equivalent of the usurious interest to charity?