Paying for one's grandchild's dental treatment with interest money
Q: Can I use interest from the bank to pay for my grand kids dentistry? Their mother is single and there's no medical aid.
Q: Can I use interest from the bank to pay for my grand kids dentistry? Their mother is single and there's no medical aid.
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1. Is it permissible to dispose of interest monies to ones helper?
2. What are some recommended ways to dispose of interest money?
Q: Is it permissible to pay interest fees with the interest received, from and to the same party.
E.g. A bank rewards its client with an interest % for utilising a savings account. On the other hand, the same bank charges the client an interest fee for using its credit card facility. Can the client pay the latter with the interest received? As it will be returning the same interest to the bank.
Q: I have a helper whom I pay on a monthly basis. For 1 month I was not at home so she did not come to work. However I will still pay her wages at the end of the month. Is it permissible to pay these wages with interest money as she has not worked the whole month?
Q: Can interest money acquired from one bank be used to offset interest charges on my credit card from another bank, or is it only permissible to use the interest money of one bank to offset the interest charges of the same bank?
Q: I have a credit card loan which I need to pay immediately. For several months I am trying to pay it but I failed. I don't have sufficient money to pay it. But I have a bank deposit from where interest money is automatically generated. I have no other source to pay it other than this interest money.
Previously I did not use this interest money due to Islamic reasons. But now I am in an emergency situation as if I fail to pay my debt, it will generate interest. Kindly help me and show me the correct path. May I use this interest money to pay my debt and seek forgiveness to the Almighty Allah?
Q: A person has two saving accounts with different banks. One account accumulates interest, the other does not. Is it necessary to discharge this interest from this very account, or can it be given through other means (payment from the second account or cash)?
Q: We purchased a property in a syndicate and the money held by the lawyers as a guarantee was invested in a money market account and accrued interest.
Can this money be used to offset the lawyers fee or does it have to be given out with no intention.
Q: Can interest money be used to pay TV license?
I have a TV that we do not use anymore, however since it is a process to sell a TV screen, I still have to pay the license. Is it permissible to pay using interest.
Can interest be given in charity? Obviously not as Lilla or sadaqa.
Q: Kindly advise if it is permissable to give money which was earned through interest to another person who seeks help to settle his loan with the bank?