The Ruling on Health Insurance and the Types of Insurance
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on health insurance? And are there types of insurance?
Answer:
Commercial insurance, which is intended for investment, is forbidden because it is consuming wealth unjustly. It involves gharar (excessive uncertainty in a contract) and ignorance, and it involves gambling and riba (usury or interest). It has many harms in all its forms: health insurance, life insurance, property insurance, and insurance in all its types is forbidden. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: What is the ruling on health insurance? And are there types of insurance?
Answer:
Commercial insurance, which is intended for investment, is forbidden because it is consuming wealth unjustly. It involves gharar (excessive uncertainty in a contract) and ignorance, and it involves gambling and riba (usury or interest). It has many harms in all its forms: health insurance, life insurance, property insurance, and insurance in all its types is forbidden. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
أخصر المختصرات في الفقه الحنبلي [31] — alfawzan.live (30:02)
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