What is the ruling on taking a riba (usury or interest) loan for the purpose of the bridal gift?
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Question:
He says: In our country, we suffer from exorbitant bridal gifts to an exaggerated degree, which drives us to take loans from riba banks to cover the costs of marriage. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Riba is not permissible to take, neither for marriage nor for anything else, because it is authentic and forbidden.[Al-Baqarah 2:278] Wait until Allah covers your marriage [An-Nur 24:33] from His bounty. So wait until Allah covers it for you, and do not take riba for the sake of marriage; it is forbidden.
He says: In our country, we suffer from exorbitant bridal gifts to an exaggerated degree, which drives us to take loans from riba banks to cover the costs of marriage. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Riba is not permissible to take, neither for marriage nor for anything else, because it is authentic and forbidden.
fear Allah and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers.
اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَBut let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allah enriches them from His bounty.
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم أخذ سلفة ربوية من أجل مهر الزواج؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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