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Regarding riba as permissible
Question
What is the ruling on regarding riba as permissible? Thank you very much.
Answer
Praise be to Allah.
Riba is forbidden according to the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and definitive scholarly consensus. Whoever regards it as permissible is a kaafir, because the basic principle is that whoever rejects something on which there is obvious scholarly consensus is guilty of kufr.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
The belief that the well-known obligations are obligatory and that the well-known prohibitions are forbidden is one of the most important basic principles of faith, and the one who rejects that is a kaafir according to scholarly consensus.
Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 12/497.
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Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
But nowadays Islam has spread and the knowledge that zakaah is obligatory is well known to the elite and commoners alike; the scholar and the ignorant are both aware of it. So no one has any excuse for misinterpreting (the texts) and denying it. The same applies to everyone who denies any matter of religion on which the ummah is agreed, if knowledge of it is widespread, such as the five daily prayers, fasting the month of Ramadaan, doing ghusl to cleanse oneself of janaabah (impurity following sexual activity), the prohibition on adultery, alcohol and marrying mahrams, and other rulings, unless he is new in Islam and does not know its rulings, in which case if he denies something out of ignorance he is not guilty of kufr… But with regard to matters on which there is consensus but which may only be known by those with specialized knowledge, such as the prohibition on being married to a woman and her paternal aunt or maternal aunt at the same time, or that the one who kills with intent cannot inherit (from his victim), or that the grandmother is entitled to one-sixth (of the estate), and other such rulings, then whoever denies them is not guilty of kufr, rather he is to be excused because knowledge of these things is not widespread among the common folk.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The ruling on riba is that it is haraam according to the Qur’aan and Sunnah and scholarly consensus.
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Whoever denies that riba is forbidden is a kaafir, because the fact that it is forbidden is one of the matters indicated by the texts, and the scholars are obviously agreed that it is haraam, and this is well known among the Muslims.
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Question
What is the ruling on regarding riba as permissible? Thank you very much.
Answer
Praise be to Allah.
Riba is forbidden according to the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and definitive scholarly consensus. Whoever regards it as permissible is a kaafir, because the basic principle is that whoever rejects something on which there is obvious scholarly consensus is guilty of kufr.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
The belief that the well-known obligations are obligatory and that the well-known prohibitions are forbidden is one of the most important basic principles of faith, and the one who rejects that is a kaafir according to scholarly consensus.
Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 12/497.
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Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
But nowadays Islam has spread and the knowledge that zakaah is obligatory is well known to the elite and commoners alike; the scholar and the ignorant are both aware of it. So no one has any excuse for misinterpreting (the texts) and denying it. The same applies to everyone who denies any matter of religion on which the ummah is agreed, if knowledge of it is widespread, such as the five daily prayers, fasting the month of Ramadaan, doing ghusl to cleanse oneself of janaabah (impurity following sexual activity), the prohibition on adultery, alcohol and marrying mahrams, and other rulings, unless he is new in Islam and does not know its rulings, in which case if he denies something out of ignorance he is not guilty of kufr… But with regard to matters on which there is consensus but which may only be known by those with specialized knowledge, such as the prohibition on being married to a woman and her paternal aunt or maternal aunt at the same time, or that the one who kills with intent cannot inherit (from his victim), or that the grandmother is entitled to one-sixth (of the estate), and other such rulings, then whoever denies them is not guilty of kufr, rather he is to be excused because knowledge of these things is not widespread among the common folk.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The ruling on riba is that it is haraam according to the Qur’aan and Sunnah and scholarly consensus.
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Whoever denies that riba is forbidden is a kaafir, because the fact that it is forbidden is one of the matters indicated by the texts, and the scholars are obviously agreed that it is haraam, and this is well known among the Muslims.
Riba in Islam: Permissible? - Islam Question & Answer
Riba in Islam is not permissible according to the Quran and Sunnah, and definitive scholarly consensus. Riba is one of the major sins. For more, see the detailed answer
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