Transactions confused with interest : foreign currency credit cards transaction fee, is it Riba ?

Fatawa Question

Assalamu Alaikum. When you buy a product from another country ; this obviously involves a different currency. Credit cards allow you to buy in another currency and charge you a "foreign exchange transaction fee" in addition to the corresponding monetary amount in your own currency, is this transaction fee considered Riba ?

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Publication Date

2002-04-18

Main Subjects

Financial and Accounting Sciences
Religion
Islamic Studies

Topics

No. of Pages

1

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-726624

American Psychological Association (APA)

Qahf, Mundhir. 2002-04-18. Transactions confused with interest : foreign currency credit cards transaction fee, is it Riba ?. .
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Qahf, Mundhir. Transactions confused with interest : foreign currency credit cards transaction fee, is it Riba ?. 2002-04-18.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Qahf, Mundhir. 2002-04-18. Transactions confused with interest : foreign currency credit cards transaction fee, is it Riba ?.
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