Islamic Banks making halaal haraam

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   Assalamu alaikum 
I live in South Africa and my husband and myself have tried to get "halaal" finance from the islamic banks here.  They wont assist us.
The excuses are that the vehicle i was buying was not expensive enough, the model was a 2001 and too old, and all we have tried to do from the start is to take our finance through the islamic banking systems.  I was told that a 2001 model is high risk and yet the "haraam" banking system with interest has approved it - so once again i have been forced to use the western system of banking (ie interest related).
Why does our islamic infrastructure let us down .  I am not the first believe me and wonder how many others have tried this as well.
The best is i am a muslim convert and have always tried to find the "right" way to do things according to Islam.  The ironic thing is that the islamic system creates stumbling blocks that make it impossible to "do the right thing"

Edited by yasmine - 04 September 2008 at 11:49am

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yasmine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Starter Joined: 01 September 2008 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote yasmine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Islamic Banks making halaal haraam Posted: 04 September 2008 at 11:45am
	Assalamu alaikum I live in South Africa and my husband and myself have tried to get "halaal" finance from the islamic banks here. They wont assist us. The excuses are that the vehicle i was buying was not expensive enough, the model was a 2001 and too old, and all we have tried to do from the start is to take our finance through the islamic banking systems. I was told that a 2001 model is high risk and yet the "haraam" banking system with interest has approved it - so once again i have been forced to use the western system of banking (ie interest related). Why does our islamic infrastructure let us down . I am not the first believe me and wonder how many others have tried this as well. The best is i am a muslim convert and have always tried to find the "right" way to do things according to Islam. The ironic thing is that the islamic system creates stumbling blocks that make it impossible to "do the right thing" Edited by yasmine - 04 September 2008 at 11:49am

Hayfa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Female Joined: 07 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2368	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hayfa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 September 2008 at 1:43pm
	Asalam Alaikum Yes you are right.. it is very difficult. We are all "pulled" in these directions in different ways. And Muslim bankers are often no different... $$ are a powerful lure.
	When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi