Is it permissible to purchase housing through a (savings fund) that is a riba-based fund, in the case of a pressing need?
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The questioner : I live with my brothers in an apartment with three rooms. Each of them is married and has children, and one of the brothers is a drunkard. Is it permissible for him, in this situation, to obtain housing through a savings fund, which is riba-based?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : No, not even for a pressing need, and there is nothing [permissible] in it?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : No, not even for a pressing need, and there is nothing [permissible] in it?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
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