Is it permissible to take the interest paid by state-owned banks on savings as compensation (taqāṣṣ) for taxes or interest that the person himself or his relatives were compelled to pay to the government or to banks?

ID: 87374 | Date: 2026/09/02

According to Imam Khomeini, The interest on money is unlawful (harām), but taking it as compensation (taqāṣṣ) for a legitimate religious/legal debt owed to the person by that same branch is not problematic.