ANSWER: If the loan is on the sister and she is forced to pay it off, this is permissible but it is not permissible to pay off an interest loan from zakat especially if it was on someone who is dead.
Read moreANSWER: Yes, you will be sinful if there is riba (interest) involved.
Read moreANSWER: The harm has already been done when you singed the contract and agreed to pay the riba. Either the payment with riba is fixed and can’t be increased at all, and in this case, you can continue to pay it off as it doesn’t matter whether you pay it all at once or over […]
Read moreANSWER: This is totally prohibited and one of the major sins in Islam for which Allah has waged a war against someone who deals in riba. It is very simple: If you can’t afford it, don’t do it!
Read moreANSWER: As long as you don’t have money to pay it off and their system is that if you are not earning, then you are exempted from paying it off, there is no problem.
Read moreANSWER: This is totally prohibited and the income is haram as it is not permissible to collaborate with them on evil and vice and you are not allowed to work there even as a janitor.
Read moreANSWER: You must challenge it and refuse to pay it as this goes against the initial agreement and had you known that you would not have taken the loan. If you could not fight it legally and was forced to pay it, then you can pay it without any sin on you.
Read moreANSWER: Yes, you are sinful if there is no legitimate reason for that as you are helping them in their work and they are using your money to lend it to others with interest.
Read moreANSWER: This is not permissible.
Read moreANSWER: If this is a gift, you can keep it all as the sin is on the person who earned the interest and not on you.
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