Interest and Riba
4,478 questions
What is the ruling on using credit cards from usurious banks in Palestine, knowing that the user will not delay payment to avoid usury, and a fixed amount is paid to the bank as a service charge?
Is it permissible to deal with the Tunisian Tadamoun Bank, which funds micro-projects with an interest rate not exceeding 5%, knowing that the guarantee for the money is a certificate? Or is this considered usury? And is there another bank in Tunisia that operates under the Murabaha system?
Is it permissible for a telecommunications services company in a country where there are no non-usurious banks to offer a direct selling service via mobile phone that requires electronic linking and coordination with usurious banks, and to place the company's equipment inside the banks' premises to complete the transfer of funds from the buyer's account to the company's or seller's account, knowing that these banks do not offer usurious interest on current accounts? And what needs to be modified for this service to be permissible according to Sharia?
What is the ruling concerning the salary of my colleague who works in an association that deposits its money in a bank and spends from its interest, knowing that he does not know whether his salary is from this interest or if it is mixed, and should the unlawful portion of the mixed salary be estimated and disgorged?
Is working with a company owner to pay off their credit card bills – which caused interest to accrue – considered participation in usury?
Does a Muslim inherit property containing forbidden things, such as alcohol, and what should he do with it?
Is it permissible to demolish the Kaaba and rebuild it on the foundations intended by the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?
Is the rental income from a home financed with an interest-based loan permissible or forbidden?
Is the wife obligated to give usurious gains from her money to the poor despite her husband's refusal, as he wants to take them to complete the building of his house, and threatens to divorce her if she disobeys his order?
What is the ruling on benefiting from money saved from a salary of a job that involved establishing usury and interest, if it is the only capital available to start a new life?
Is domain name trading permissible or forbidden, according to the described method of operation?
Is trading in the stock market with shares of usurious banks unlawful, and what should be done with the money earned from it, especially given that a portion has already been spent?
Is it permissible for a wife to take out an interest-bearing loan to buy a house in a Muslim country, with the aim of returning from Germany and protecting herself and her children from temptations, given the absence of an alternative to this loan?
What is the ruling on dealing with bank guarantees or letters of credit, the value of which is paid after a period for a commission, given the unavailability of Islamic banks?
Is it permissible to purchase a car from the bank in installments with a 40% interest rate over five years, knowing that the bank buys it from a dealer and the institution agrees with the bank to transfer ownership to the employee?
Is placing a sum of money as a deposit with interest in a real estate bank for one year, while I am a student, considered unlawful (haram)?
How can one deal with a father who takes usurious interest from the bank and does not pay zakat, despite repeated advice?
What is the ruling on depositing money in an Islamic bank that deals with Mudarabah without specifying the profit, noting that the bank has not recorded any losses?
Who is responsible for repaying the loan to the bank after the company's bankruptcy due to the accountant manager squandering the loan: the good-faith guarantor or the dishonest manager?
Is it permissible to deceive an Islamic bank by colluding with a third party to obtain liquidity for completing construction, knowing that this is the only available means to avoid dealing with interest-based (usurious) banks?
Is it permissible or impermissible to sell products to someone who is in debt at a price higher than the market price, then repurchase them from him at a price lower than the selling price, without the buyer having taken possession of the product?
Is it permissible to benefit from shopping vouchers provided by the bank, knowing that they are granted in exchange for maintaining a minimum balance, otherwise a monthly fee is deducted?
Is taking the agreed-upon interest considered a sin, and must it be returned to the partner after having previously relinquished it for the purpose of helping him?
Which is more befitting: for a man to live with his wife in a foreign land, able to cover living expenses but unable to save for the future, or for them to separate?