Is interest (ribā) haram? The classical view.
Ribā is among the major sins named explicitly in the Qur'an with a declaration of war from Allah and His Messenger. The classical jurists' dissection of why.
1 passages from 1 book in the library
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 1 book by Imam al-Ghazali — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Umar ibn Abdulaziz said, If truth aligns with desire, it is like the froth on the top of a stream, and it is not impossible for both self-interest and religious duty to be motivating together."
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