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Is buying a house with a mortgage haram or halal ?

November 7, 20201 min readFinancehalalharammortgage

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Is buying a house with a mortgage haram or halal?

Answer:

ﺑﺴﻢ اﷲ اﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ اﻟﺮﺣﯿﻢ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Buying a house on interest is prohibited, irrespective of whether it was one house or many houses; and this is the fatwa according to the Hanafi Mazhab. Kindly refer to the following link for more details:

http://daruliftabirmingham.co.uk/buying-house-on-mortgage-2/

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Mohammad Ahsan Osmani

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

Published by Darul Ifta Texas for general guidance. It is not a ruling from a Shariah court, and it should not be taken outside the situation it addresses. Only Allah knows best.

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