Matin Research Journal

Matin Research Journal

Transaction of Money and Recourse to Religious Tricks: Special Reference to Imam Khomeini's Viewpoints

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Doctor of jurisprudence and Islamic law of Tehran University.
Abstract
The basis of operation
of banking system is to gain interest and divide it among the depositors. Since
the base of the banking activities in the Islamic Republic of Iran should be a
non-usury basis, the present article is an attempt to study the transaction of
money and the religious tricks to permit this transaction. Referring to Imam
Khomeini's clear fatwa that the ways to evade usury are not permitted, the
present paper concludes that some of the existing fatwas in his guide book must
be corrected
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