Q: Is National Savings Accounts Islamically permissible? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب National Savings Account wherein the principle is guaranteed and there is a definite return is not Sharī‘ah compliant. However, if anyone has deposited money into such an account the money so deposited will be liable for Zakāh.
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