Is purchasing a home through the "rent-to-own" formula—organized by the state with financing from a bank, involving an interest rate between the state and the bank, but where the citizen pays the amount in installments without interest—permissible (halal)?
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The agreement made by the state with the bank is an usurious, forbidden loan (riba), and it is impermissible for a citizen to take it, as it involves assisting in usury. Whoever is pleased with usury or assists in it is included in the Prophet's (peace be upon him) curse: "Allah has cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who pays it, its two witnesses, and its scribe. They are all equal in sin." As for rent-to-own or lease-to-own, it is a corrupt contract that should not be entered into except under conditions that are often not met.
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