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Assalaamu Alaykum I know that life insurance is haraam, but what about auto and medical insurance since I see the later two as being a necessity.  Someone told me that all insurance was haraam, but I know u cannot drive a car without auto insurance, and u cannot go to the doctors or pay for major surgeries, or even buy expensive medicines without medical insurance unless you are very well off financially, which a lot of us are not.  So what is the ruling on auto and medical insurance.. BarakAllahu Feekum