The Sin of the One Who Gives Riba to the Needy
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding riba (usury or interest), is the sinner the one who consumes it and not the one who gives it? In other words, is the poor, needy person who pays it not sinful?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed three, or rather, he cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who gives it, the two witnesses, and the scribe. How many are they? I think five, because they are[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]. The one who consumes the riba, the one who gives the riba, the two witnesses to the contract, and the scribe who wrote the contract; all of them are cursed, because they are [Al-Ma'idah 5:2].
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding riba (usury or interest), is the sinner the one who consumes it and not the one who gives it? In other words, is the poor, needy person who pays it not sinful?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed three, or rather, he cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who gives it, the two witnesses, and the scribe. How many are they? I think five, because they are
cooperate in sin and aggression
تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِcooperate in sin and aggression
تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وقد أخبر - صلى لله عليه وسلم - أن طائفة من أمته تستحل الربا باسم البيع — islamhouse.com (52:14)
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