Taking an Interest based Loan (Mortgage) for buying a Home in the West – Sh. Saeed al-Kamali (al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem)

Sh. Saeed Al-Kamali (may Allah preserve him) was asked during a Q&A Session in Mosquée de Puteaux, La Défense, Paris (2^nd of June, 2013) about the ruling on taking an Interest based Loan to buy a home in the West, and whether there is a dispute between scholars on the issue of defining Riba (usury), and if one can do so out of necessity?

Footnotes:

[1] Fatwa from: 23:40 – 35:25 min.

[2] Translation of Prophetic Narrations was edited from: http://sunnah.com/