Skip to content
RFJ
✦Scholar · Documented positions

Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Munajjid

Founder, IslamQA. Contemporary · Salafi school · Saudi Arabia. Every position below is drawn from the sourced consensus record — with its citation, and nothing added.

Back to the full consensus

Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Munajjid

Founder, IslamQA

Salafi · Contemporary Saudi Arabia

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:islamqa.info

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

Prohibits

Source:islamqa.info

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

Prohibits

Source:islamqa.info — multiple fatwas

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.

Ask