11-15-2005, 07:50 PM
Bismillah
yes Reepi thanku, I hope every time u would put the link for any fatwa u find if we find it unsuitable then we will remove it.
Now according to my fiqh scholar, I asked her today and her answer was the following:
1- first he has to go and ask relatives of his to lend him money if refused then,
2- he asks for a loan from a non usury banks, such as islamic instituetes, if it is not possible for him to do so then,
3- he goes to the bank, and he must take the amount according to his needs, which means that he must take that loan for saving his life like he needs it for operation, to buy a car if he does not have one and he has to travel far places and not just for luxourious purposes, or to build a house if he does not have one, so it is okay, even if in muslim countries not only non muslim if he cannot find suitable muslim banks, then it is okay.
So it is permissable to take a loan for necessities, clothing if he does not have, medical treatment, also if he want to take for learning fees for schooling and so on.
Now about islamic ratings of loans reepi, it depends upon the institute on the percentage they put, islam law did not put a percentage considering it as trade, and each mearchant will put the percentage he wants.
Here in Kuwait, we have Kuwait Finance House, they take the lowest rates from any other banking or usury institutes.
The islamic way that it puts a stable percentage that will not change no matter how long the time is, now if it is an ordinary bank if a 4 year passed which is the period agreed upon, then they will take a higher percentage and ask for more money, that is Usury. Now KFH and its likes do not do that according to islamic law, if the period agreed upon is 5 years and the merchandise is for lets say 5,000 KWD, if the 5 years passed and the full amount is not paid, it will not add to the 5,000, 5,000 is what they paid for the merchandise and 5,000 they will take not more not less. And even the percentage they put for the loan is much lower than any other company. So it depends on those islamic instituets in canada, they should not take high percentage, but maybe they do that for another reason that is permissable which i dont know.
I hope it is clear now, and where is Mohsie, are u satesfied or u need more explanation brother [img]style_emoticons/default/smile.gif[/img]
Salam all