{"id":389,"date":"2011-09-15T08:37:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T06:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imranhosein.org\/n\/?p=389"},"modified":"2024-02-07T12:32:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T12:32:33","slug":"i-can-not-afford-to-buy-a-car-or-house-without-asking-the-bank-how-do-i-escape-riba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imranhosein.org\/o\/i-can-not-afford-to-buy-a-car-or-house-without-asking-the-bank-how-do-i-escape-riba\/","title":{"rendered":"I Can Not Afford To Buy A Car Or House Without Asking The Bank, How Do I Escape Riba?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I Can Not Afford To Buy A Car Or House Without Asking The Bank, How Do I Escape Riba?<\/p>\n

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\n“You can if you want, go the way of the world. Let me tell you my way:<\/p>\n

I’ve attended 5 Universities.
\nI was a Diplomat in the foreign service of my country (Trinidad).
\nI gave up that job.
\nMany Pakistanis told me I was a fool; only a fool will give up a job of a Diplomat to become a Mullah.
\nIf I didn’t give up that job, I couldn’t be today with you (preaching Islam).
\nSo there are things in life that money can not buy. I am now almost 70 years of age.
\nI never had a house. In 2005 I built the ground floor of my home with 1 bedroom. And then just before I left Trinidad (early 2011) to come on this lecture tour I was able to build the upper floor with 2 other bedrooms.
\nThat’s how houses were build long time ago. I didn’t go to a bank to borrow money to build a house, no.
\nI lived in a rented apartment. I lived in New York for 10 years… in a small cubby apartments. Couldn’t afford (anything better). But I did that to remain faithful to Islam….<\/p>\n

I left New York in 2011 after having lived in the United States for 12 years.
\nThe car I was driving was worth $500.<\/p>\n

So there is that way which is the way of the world; you want a big job, you want a big house, you need a big car, go ahead and borrow your money on interest.
\nAnd when you’re in the Hell-fire, don’t call me. Don’t call me on the phone, don’t send an email from Jahannam.<\/p>\n

Or you can go the other way. The other way is, even if I have to give up house, and give up car and give up job, give up my home and give up my town, and flee to a cave in the mountain, I would prefer to do that. But I’m not giving up my Deen (Islam).”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Transcribed and posted by brother Deenuzzaman Choudry<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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