Is it permissible for a young man who is unable to afford the costs of marriage to borrow from interest-based banks or from the financing bank, or to ask people of good to help him?

The questioner : Your Eminence, is it permissible for a young man who is unable to afford the costs of marriage to borrow from interest-based banks or from the financing bank, or to knock on the doors of so-and-so and so-and-so to help himself maintain his chastity?

The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a young man to borrow from interest-based banks in order to get married, because riba (usury or interest) is forbidden, one of the major sins, and its doer is cursed. Perhaps Allah will not bless him in this marriage. It is also not permissible for him to beg from people and go to houses knocking, saying, "Give me, give me." Rather, Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: So we tell him: be chaste and be patient until Allah enriches you from His bounty. Wait for relief from Allah. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not guide the man who said, "I do not find even an iron ring," by saying, "Borrow from your brothers" or "Ask the people." Rather, when the man said, "I do not find even an iron ring," he said: Yes.