Is it permissible to say to a person who lent me, for example, one hundred riyals, that I will give you one hundred and fifty riyals after two days, and is this riba?
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The questioner : He says: Is it permissible to say to a person who lent me, for example, one hundred riyals, that I will give you one hundred and fifty riyals after two days? Is this considered riba?
The Shaykh : This is not permissible; it is explicit riba. The well-known principle among the scholars is that any loan that brings a benefit to the lender alone is riba, whether this benefit is an increase in dirhams or some other benefit, such as the borrower being employed or something similar. The important point is the principle: any loan that brings a benefit to the lender alone is riba.
The Shaykh : This is not permissible; it is explicit riba. The well-known principle among the scholars is that any loan that brings a benefit to the lender alone is riba, whether this benefit is an increase in dirhams or some other benefit, such as the borrower being employed or something similar. The important point is the principle: any loan that brings a benefit to the lender alone is riba.