{"id":23,"date":"2010-01-24T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=23"},"modified":"2010-01-24T05:17:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T05:17:00","slug":"meezan-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/01\/24\/23\/","title":{"rendered":"Meezan Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"meezan_bank_pakistan\" src=\"images\/stories\/fatwas\/meezan_bank_pakistan.jpg\" height=\"210\" width=\"283\" \/>Q.: Seeing the name of Maulana Mufti Taqi Usmani in the Shariah Board and reading his fatwa on the permissibility of Meezan Bank products, I opened a saving account with Meezan Bank Limited. Now I have found out that there is a controversy on the subject and even Mufti Taqi does not<\/div>\n<p> recommend the bank now.  <!--more-->   <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please guide me should I continue with the said bank or not? Where I should keep my money if even this bank is not Shariah compliant?<\/p>\n<p>A.<br \/>It is true that some ulama have issued a fatwa against the business of Meezan Bank, rather against Islamic banking in general, but after considering their arguments I could not change my view.\u00a0 However, in case of disagreement between Muftis, one may act on the opinion of the Mufti that one believes to be more reliable.<\/p>\n<p>And Allah Ta&#8217;ala Knows Best<br \/>By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q.: Seeing the name of Maulana Mufti Taqi Usmani in the Shariah Board and reading his fatwa on the permissibility of Meezan Bank products, I opened a saving account with Meezan Bank Limited. 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