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1. Housing Financing in Islamic LawA Study of some products for Housing Financing and applicable to Islamic Law Dr. Salah Fahd Al-ShalhoobAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Islamic and Arabic Studies King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals & writer in Aleqtisadia Newspaper E-mail: sshalhoob@hotmail.com

2. Introduction • The aim of study • Importance of the study • The concept of housing finance

3. The aim of study • To overview the forms of housing finance which are offered the financial institutions as forms which applicable to the principles of Islamic law

4. Importance of the study • The Muslims needs of a place to live • Many people today can not afford buying houses by cash • Find out a way to finance Muslims without being involved in a conventional mortgage

5. The concept of housing finance • Housing finance is considered as contracts provided by the financial institutions for the purpose of personal finance to buy properties. There are many contracts have been discussed under the concepts of Islamic finance, such as mark up (al-murabaha), partnership (al-musharaka), al-istisna and leasing (al-ijara). And we can derive from the contracts some products to finance people to get properties under the concept of Islamic law.

6. Forms of housing finance • Deferred Sales (bay’ al-mu’ajal) • Mark-up (al-murabaha) • Diminution partnership (al-musharaka al-mutanaqisa) • Commission to manufacturing (al-istisna’) • Leasing ending with ownership (al-ijar al-muntahi bi al-tamlik)

7. Deferred Sales (bay’ al-mu’ajal) • Sales divisions in terms of time of payment • Ordinary • Forward • Deferred • Ruling of deferred sales • Scholars views in increasing the price due to deferment

8. Sales divisions in terms of time of payment • Ordinary sales • Forward sales • Deferred sales

9. Ordinary sales

10. Forward sales

11. Deferred sales

12. Ruling of deferred sales • The general permission of sales • The prophet practiced it

13. Scholars views in increasing the price due to deferment • The majority say it is permissible • The minority say it is prohibited

14. Mark-up (al-murabaha) • Definition of mark-up • Simple form of mark-up • Mark-up the orderer of the purchase

15. Diminution partnership (al-musharaka al-mutanaqisa)

16. Commission to manufacturing (al-istisna’) • The concept of commission to manufacturing (al-istisna’) • al-istisna‘ wa al-istisna‘ al-muwazi

17. The concept of commission to manufacturing (al-istisna’)

18. al-istisna‘ wa al-istisna‘ al-muwazi

19. Leasing ending with ownership (al-ijar al-muntahi bi al-tamlik) • Concept of Leasing ending with ownership (al-ijar al-muntahi bi al-tamlik) • Categories of Leasing ending with ownership (al-ijar al-muntahi bi al-tamlik) • Ruling leasing ending with ownership (al-ijar al-muntahi bi al-tamlik)

20. Categories of Leasing ending with ownership • leasing ending with ownership by way of gift (hiba) • leasing ending with ownership through transfer of title at the end of the lease for a token consideration or at a nominal price • leasing ending with the ownership through sale prior the end of the lease term for a price that is equivalent to the remaining leasing (al-ijara) instalment

21. Ruling leasing ending with ownership • The contract under the concept of two transactions combined in one. • The difference between al-muntahi bi al-tamlik and al-wa’d bi- al-tamlik. • Scholars view in leasing ending with ownership.

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