Yasir Qadhi
Dean of Academic Affairs, The Islamic Seminary of America
Classical training (Madinah, Yale) with a Salafī methodological lens that engages contemporary Western contexts directly. Has framed the mortgage question as a willingness-to-accept-difficulty question, not a fiqh-loophole question.
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?
ProhibitsSource:Lectures on Contemporary Fiqh
Q2 · Is conventional bank interest the same as Qurʾānic riba?
ProhibitsSource:Lectures on Contemporary Fiqh
Q3 · Is a conventional mortgage permissible by necessity (ḍarūrah) in the West?
ProhibitsWhen the only argument for permissibility is difficulty of the alternative, the issue is our willingness to accept difficulty in obedience.
Source:Lecture on Riba and Western Muslims
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