• Question Why is interest forbidden in Islam?
  • Question Is the Quran referring to the mockery of the poor that usury promotes when it says, "O ye who believe! let not one people deride another people, who may be better than they, nor let women deride other women, who may be better than they…" (49:12)?
  • Question How does interest cause inflation?
  • Question How can one avoid taking and giving interest in a society based on interest?
  • Question Is one allowed to borrow money from their family and then give them the interest that one would have given to a bank?
  • Question How would an economic system work without the concept of interest?
  • Question What is the correct interpretation of "ribaa" (usury/interest) in the light of transactions involving food items?
  • Question What is the definition of the Arabic word riba?
  • Question What should a Muslim do with any interest he receives from a bank?
  • Question How does one know what qualifies as interest and what does not?