Interest and Gambling

Bank finance

Q:

1. Will it be permissible if one purchases a car by applying to the bank by depositing a certain amount of money and handing over through a negotiation of repayment of an amount financed by the bank including interest in a fixed instalments?

2. Will it be treated same as the fatwa under "paying in instalments" in the English version of "Malfoozat of Faqeeh ul Ummat" compiled by Mufti Farooq Meeruti published by Madrasah Taleemuddeen.

Purchasing a property on an interest bearing loan

Q: My father bought an agricultural land almost 19 years ago, measuring 110 acres. My father is an advocate by profession and at the time of purchasing the land, my father had some money earned by himself and took some money in the shape of a loan from the bank and bought the land. I have heard that taking a loan is completely haraam, so is the land haraam for us? How do we make it halaal?

Keeping one's money in a bank for safekeeping

Q:

1. Is opening a 'Shariah-compliant' savings account at a bank or at an 'Islamic' Bank with the sole intention of the bank safekeeping your money permissible if one intends to give all 'profit' earned in charity?

2. If one already has an investment account at an 'Islamic' Bank that claims to follow a Profit-and-Loss mode of financing, what should one do? Should we close down the account?

3. Is it against taqwa to save/invest money for the future?

4. What are the permissible means if one wishes to save/invest?