Is every item that is measured or weighed included in the categories of riba (usury or interest)?
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The Shaykh : Take your time, please. Go ahead.
The questioner : Some jurists expanded the six categories of riba (usury or interest) to include all measured foods and all weighed currencies.
The Shaykh : This expansion is, in my view, not praiseworthy. If expansion is absolutely necessary, it should be as stated in some authentic hadiths: Thus, whatever is measured or weighed is included in the aforementioned six categories.
The questioner : From the foods.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. Go ahead. What do you have?
The questioner : Some jurists expanded the six categories of riba (usury or interest) to include all measured foods and all weighed currencies.
The Shaykh : This expansion is, in my view, not praiseworthy. If expansion is absolutely necessary, it should be as stated in some authentic hadiths:
And likewise, measuring by volume and weighing.
وكذلك الكيل والوزنThe questioner : From the foods.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. Go ahead. What do you have?
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