Mortgage- Halal/Haram

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@lyallpur_larka

What about the arguments arguing for the idea that paying interest is haraam? Have you conveniently chosen to ignore those? It seems like you are fatwa shopping. I find it funny that you say “your” ideas when these are in fact Islamic ideas and principles. Nobody has said not to educate yourself and live a decent and noble life. But for some reason you feel that its an absolute necessity to own a home and that one’s survival depends on it.

Just think for a minute, is taking out a 35 year mortgage not surrendering yourself to the “more powerful people” around you? Have you forgotten the economic meltdown which took place recently.

Brother, you speak like fatwa shopping is a bad thing, but do you forget that they are nonbinding? She has every right to seek out a fatwa from a source that she feels comfortable with.

As for Surah Baqarah, can you please identify *exactly where *the paying of interest (usury/riba) is considered haram? I am not talking about taking of interest (usury/riba). I am not here to create a dispute but to request the source which states that giving money in interest is haram.