Buying and Selling: Ruling on Buying and Trading Government Bonds

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Buying and Selling: Ruling on Buying and Trading Government Bonds

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Question #1595:

What is the ruling on buying government bonds? And is it permissible to deal in these bonds?

Answer #1595:

If you mean government bonds offered for sale to the public to raise money, there is no objection to taking part in lending to the government by way of buying these bonds. To sell them to others is no problem either provided that it is not against the law.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Buying and Selling