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Monetary Penalty
It is unlawful to charge a monetary penalty on any form of monetary payment (e.g. fees for late rental payments, car payments, loan installments,...
It is unlawful to charge a monetary penalty on any form of monetary payment (e.g. fees for late rental payments, car payments, loan installments,...
Direct Involvement In Interest-Based Transactions
Unlawfulness depends on how direct one's involvement is to the interest dealings: direct involvement entails that one participates in the actual...
Unlawfulness depends on how direct one's involvement is to the interest dealings: direct involvement entails that one participates in the actual...
Interest Dealings Of Counterparty
One is not answerable for the interest dealings of the party with whom one transacts unless one is also directly involved in the interest dealings;...
One is not answerable for the interest dealings of the party with whom one transacts unless one is also directly involved in the interest dealings;...
Involvement In Interest
If one is already involved in interest, one is obligated to leave all such transactions as soon as reasonably possible; if leaving the transaction...
If one is already involved in interest, one is obligated to leave all such transactions as soon as reasonably possible; if leaving the transaction...
It is impermissible to enter into a transaction (e.g. partnering in a business, borrowing, receiving a gift, etc.), even if a Shariah-compliant...
Doubt Whether Earnings Are Unlawful
The permissibility of transacting with a source whose earnings might be unlawful depends on the extent to which the source's wealth is unlawful and...
The permissibility of transacting with a source whose earnings might be unlawful depends on the extent to which the source's wealth is unlawful and...
Conditionality In Impermissibility Of Interest
Interest is absolutely impermissible in any situation except when one anticipates extreme harm, where the extremity of the need would be analogous...
Interest is absolutely impermissible in any situation except when one anticipates extreme harm, where the extremity of the need would be analogous...
When a good or service (not cash, gold, silver, securities or similar tradable instruments) is offered for sale through an interest-based...
Al-Azhar Fatwa On Bank Interest
The legal opinion of some of Al-Azhar's scholars that interest is permissible in some situations is unanimously rejected by all other scholars of...
The legal opinion of some of Al-Azhar's scholars that interest is permissible in some situations is unanimously rejected by all other scholars of...
Interest Dealings With Non-Muslims
The impermissibility of dealing in interest remains even when transacting with non-Muslims or in non-Muslim lands.
The impermissibility of dealing in interest remains even when transacting with non-Muslims or in non-Muslim lands.
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