{"_id":"6a0b37e9acdeebe4cb64a003","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is monetary inflation considered riba, and can riba be avoided today?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is the current system of monetary inflation in fiat currencies considered riba? Also, is it realistically possible to avoid riba in today’s economy?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Monetary inflation is a systemic economic phenomenon inherent to the fiat system — it is not a contractual arrangement between two parties designed to exploit one another. For this reason, it does not meet the legal definition of riba under Shariah.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"As for whether riba can be completely avoided today; it is difficult, but not impossible. It requires a sincere and concerted effort to abstain from any interest-bearing transactions. That said, because the global economy is built on a foundation of interest-bearing debt, virtually all of us will be exposed to a degree of systemic \\\"dust\\\" that is beyond our control, as the Prophet ﷺ warned:\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"“A time will come upon the people when no one will remain except that he consumes riba. Whoever does not consume it will still be reached by its dust.\\\"\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668da01b0b76658b4c232e51","tag":"Contemporary Life: Interest","count":35},{"_id":"68a50aaa2cc850e0af10384a","tag":"Finance: Interest","count":28}],"createdOn":"2026-05-18T16:01:45.407Z"}