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  • Loans in the business world

    Nowadays all companies work by taking loans from banks. We find that the whole economic structure is based on taking forbidden loans. So, how can we deal with that problem? If for example, if the boss asks us to take a loan for the company, what should we do? Are we obliged or is it forbidden by religion? I would like to have a detailed answer about.. More

  • Car loans by Algerian bank

    Are the loans on cars purchase bestowed by the bank "Baraka Algeria" is compliant with Islamic Sharia?.. More

  • Depositing money in an Islamic bank

    I would like to know what Islam says about depositing money in an Islamic bank. Is it considered as "Riba"?.. More

  • Interest of Islamic banks

    I'd like to ask about interests of Islamic banks whether its Halal?.. More

  • Taking a loan from a usurious bank

    Is it ok to get a loan from a bank or a credit card and pay them only the exact amount monthly without paying any interest - (even if they ask me I just want to pay the amount that I have taken)?.. More

  • Riba and interest

    I need clarification about the difference between Riba and interest. Is the commission charged by banks in KSA interest or Islamic banking? How? Please reply in light of Qur'an and Hadith. .. More

  • Purchased a Car through Partially Interest-Based Financing

    I am a Muslim, living in the UK, with a wife and a baby. I need a car. My car started to give me trouble, I traded it in and the difference in price is to be paid through finance (interest). Is this Halal as this was the only way I had? .. More

  • Living with a Riba transaction

    My parents are divorced and I am living with my mother in my grandfather's house. Life in my grandfather's house is not comfortable as we are 8 persons, and my mother is depressed and sick of it. She is so nervous that I am sometimes afraid that she looses her mind. After 28 years, my father offered to buy a house for my mother and myself. I choose.. More

  • Interest Payments as Compensation for Taxes in USA

    I want to know if it is Halal to open a saving account with interest if I am living in a non-Muslim country as USA because they are taking a lot of taxes from me and can this be considered as a compensation because this money is going to a non-Muslim government which uses the tax money to give military help to Israel? I would rather get my tax money.. More

  • Buying Shares with Interest in Pakistan

    I live in Pakistan and Islamic banking does not exist here. All investments are doubtful. We have a scheme which is called the Defense Saving Certificate Scheme. In this Scheme, a person buys certificates for a period of five or ten years and then the profit is four times more. For example if one buys shares of 5 lack rupees, after ten years he can.. More

  • Taking a Loan to Repay Debts

    We know Riba (interest) is Haram and is a major sin. What is the ruling for a bankrupt person to take a loan with interest if there is no other way to pay back his debts? He has loans as debts whose interest keeps on multiplying. Can he take this loan with interest to pay all this back or else what should he do? .. More

  • Why Usury is Prohibited

    Why mark up (usury) is prohibited in Islam. .. More

  • Accepting gifts and cash from donor whose income is from bank interest

    Can I accept and use the gifts and cash from my grandmother whose only source of income is bank interest? Please advice what Islamic law says about this... More

  • Investment bonds

    Is the interest from bonds considered Halal or Haram?.. More

  • Family Dealings With Usury Banks

    My father has two sons and I am the younger one. My father shares a business with his partner who has one son. Our family are not practicing Muslims. As a matter of fact, my father and his partner have accounts in non-Islamic bank that deals with usury with its consumers. I asked my father to shift his account to an Islamic bank and once he talked to.. More