Ameer's Q & A: Debt is a Form of Legitimate Possession
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Our beloved Shaykh, the scholar ‘Ata’ Al-Khayr, Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu, question: It has been mentioned in the book, The Economic System of Islam, [p. 76 Arabic edition/ p.70 English edition], that the means of possession are limited to 5 they are: work, inheritance, obtaining of funds for the sustenance of life, the State granting of its funds to the citizens, funds that the individuals take without exchange of funds or work.