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How does one deal with banks that engage in usury?

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Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Most scholars are of the view that bank interest is the forbidden usury (riba) based on the texts of the Quran and Sunnah, and the consensus of the Ummah. They also hold that dealing with usurious banks through borrowing or lending is prohibited, and that any differing opinion on this matter is considered an anomaly.

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