Borrowing from a bank by signing a non-binding riba (usury or interest) contract
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I want to borrow from a bank without riba, but the bank manager says I must sign a non-binding riba contract, because the procedures
Answer:
require you to sign using this trick. This trick—leave the principal alone. We do not know of a bank that lends without riba. We do not know of one. Show us one. May Allah reward you with good. Do you know of a bank that lends without riba? A charitable loan? That is good. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I want to borrow from a bank without riba, but the bank manager says I must sign a non-binding riba contract, because the procedures
Answer:
require you to sign using this trick. This trick—leave the principal alone. We do not know of a bank that lends without riba. We do not know of one. Show us one. May Allah reward you with good. Do you know of a bank that lends without riba? A charitable loan? That is good. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 28 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/تشكيك في الآخرة/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:12:35)
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