What is the ruling on purchasing a house from a bank through an installment system, where a fixed, unchangeable interest rate is added to the monthly installment, knowing that the questioner resides in America?
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Installment sale is originally permissible, and there is no harm in increasing the price of a commodity sold on credit over its cash price, provided that the contract between the seller and the buyer is concluded at a specific, known price. So, if the bank genuinely owns the property and sells it at a specified price, the transaction is permissible, and the amount the bank earns in excess of the property's purchase price does not affect the validity of the contract.
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