التَّحذيرُ مِن الرِّبا Warning Against Usury

1ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ اللّه‏َ عزّوجلّ لَعَنَ آكِلَ الرِّبا ومُوكِلَهُ وكاتِبَهُ وشاهِدَيهِ.

1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, curses the usurer, his agent, his scribe and his two witnesses.’[Amali al-Saduq, p. 346, no. 1]
 

2ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أتَيتُ ليلةَ اُسرِيَ بِي على قَومٍ بُطونُهُم كالبيوتِ فيها الحَيّاتُ تُرى مِن خارجِ بُطونِهِم ، فقلتُ: مَن هؤلاءِ يا جَبرئيلُ ؟ قالَ: هؤلاءِ أكَلَةُ الرِّبا.

2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'During my Night-Journey up to the heavens, I was taken to a people whose bellies were as large as houses and contained serpents that could be seen from outside their bellies. I asked, 'Who are these people, O Gabriel?' He replied, 'They are the usurers.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 31857]
 

3ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أخبَثُ المَكاسِبِ ، كَسبُ الرِّبا.

3– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'The most despicable of profits is the profit earned from usury.’[al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 147, no. 12]
 

4ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): آكِلُ الرِّبا لا يَخرُجُ مِنَ الدنيا حتّى يَتَخَبَّطَهُ الشيطانُ.

4– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The usurer only leaves this world after Satan has thrown him to the ground in defeat.’[Tafsir al-`Ayyashi, v. 1, p. 152, no. 503]
 

5ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): دِرهَمُ ربا أعظَمُ عِندَ اللّه‏ِ عزّوجلّ مِن سَبعينَ زَنيةً كلّها بِذاتِ مَحرمٍ في بيتِ اللّه‏ِ الحرامِ.

5– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'A dirham earned by usury is worse in the sight of Allah than seventy counts of incest in the Holy Sanctuary of Allah.’[Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 1, p. 295, no. 1177]