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Interest-based loans to run or save business : interest loans to salvage business or to expand it
Fatawa Question
This question is regarding dealing with interest based business finance and whether it is allowed for a Muslim business person to involve in such finance if a) they reach a situation where if they do not get such finance the business could either go under or seriously lose its viability b) There is a need to expand the business to realize real business opportunities especially when there is no alternative available either due to its lack of existence or accessibility for your business. Surely, if all Muslim entrepreneurs stop taking interest-based business loans (especially either due to lack of accessibility or absence of Islamic finance or even non-viability of Islamic finance package) they are going to struggle to grow business albeit very slowly through organic means or become prey to severe competitive environment of the today’s business world. I do understand that we Muslim business people should support or even set-up Islamic finance initiatives but this is a strategic issue and the real question for now is what should we do in the meantime ? We cannot just simply leave non-Muslims to eat-up business opportunities (including in the Muslim world) and subsequently use the profits to suppress us !! Thank you
Fatwa
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Publication Date
2002-09-06
Main Subjects
Economics & Business Administration
Financial and Accounting Sciences
Islamic Studies
Topics
No. of Pages
2
Data Type
Fatawa
Language
English
Record ID
BIM-726568
American Psychological Association (APA)
Qahf, Mundhir. 2002-09-06. Interest-based loans to run or save business : interest loans to salvage business or to expand it. .
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Qahf, Mundhir. Interest-based loans to run or save business : interest loans to salvage business or to expand it. 2002-09-06.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Qahf, Mundhir. 2002-09-06. Interest-based loans to run or save business : interest loans to salvage business or to expand it.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-726568