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Omar Suleiman

Founder, Yaqeen Institute. Contemporary · Comparative school · USA. Every position below is drawn from the sourced consensus record — with its citation, and nothing added.

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Omar Suleiman

Founder, Yaqeen Institute

Comparative · Contemporary USA

Frames the riba question inside the broader tawakkul (trust in divine provision) question. The riba-free life, for him, is not first an economic project but a project of believing the One who forbade riba also provided.

On the core questions

3 of the 6 core questions are documented for this voice. Each carries its source.

Q1 · Is riba prohibited in Islam?

Prohibits

Source:Public lectures

Q2 · Is conventional bank interest the same as Qurʾānic riba?

Prohibits

Source:Public lectures

Q3 · Is a conventional mortgage permissible by necessity (ḍarūrah) in the West?

Prohibits

Source:Khutbah on Trust and Provision

Positions are summarised conservatively from documented statements. A label reflects the scholar's strongest documented position; the nuance line captures the qualifiers. Verify against the cited source, and see the methodology for how these were formed.

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