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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Naming the riba (usury or interest) that banks pay as interest

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The riba that banks pay is called interest. He asks: Is it permissible to change this name and deal with it as such?

Answer:
Riba is riba, even if it is called by another name. It is riba, even if it is called by another name. It is called interest, it is called transactions, it is riba. It is not permissible.
Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين-11-07-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:00:34)

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