It is alarming to see so many comments in support of taking Ri | Ilm4all
It is alarming to see so many comments in support of taking Ribaa, and then we complain why Allaah is not accepting our supplications?
1. The sin of permitting that which Allaah تعالى has prohibited:
We are supposed to make adjustments in our lives according to our religion, that is what is called as being a Muslim, that is the real test, the one who submits. Not the other way round. We are not supposed to keep making changes in our religion to suit our needs.
فَيُحِلُّوا مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّه
{and thus they make permissible what Allaah has forbidden.}
[Surah Tawbah (9): 37]
Fighting was forbidden in the four sacred months. But the Mushriks in the Jaahiliyyah used to make it permissible whenever they deemed it was ok to fight and compensate it with another month. They used to bend the rules to allow what Allaah تعالى had prohibited, and thus He rebuked them for this.
If ever bending the rules was permissible, then Bilaal, Sumayyah, Yaasir, Ammaar, and other Companions رضي الله عنهم were the most worthy of it, as they were severely persecuted.
2. Are we going to wage war against Allaah and His Messenger?!
فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ۖ وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ
{And if you do not do it, then take a notice of war from Allaah and His Messenger but if you repent, you shall have your capital sums. Deal not unjustly (by asking more than your capital sums), and you shall not be dealt with unjustly (by receiving less than your capital sums).}
[Surah al-Baqarah (2): 279]
By Allaah, this is a war which no human being can afford. It is a war, lost even before it is started.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE DELAY IN THE PUNISHMENT! When the punishment will come, there will be no respite. Moreover, we are so desensitized, that even thought we see so much corruption and turmoil all around us, yet we have become heedless.
3. The followers of Qaaroon:
It has already been mentioned in the post that relying on one’s ability and thinking that the Rizq (sustenance) that comes to the person is because of his/her knowledge, is a big deception.
قَالَ إِنَّمَا أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِي
{He (Qaaroon) said: "This has been given to me only because of knowledge I possess."}
[Surah al-Qasas (28): 78]
We read in the Qur’aan that Qaaroon was swallowed by the earth for his treachery and Kibr. What greater warning and admonition is the there after the Qur’aan?
4. What is the guarantee that the person will be able to repay the loan with the interest?!
We have seen the cases in the West, where a majority of the people who had taken loans (of any type student loan, mortgages, home loan) are struggling to repay them, and the interest amount keeps climbing up.
For the temporary gain, the whole economy is collapsing, yet people are deceived into taking such loans.
In a narration it is mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ is supposed to have said: ❝A time is certainly coming to mankind when only the receiver of usury will remain, and if he does not receive it, some of its vapor will reach him.❞ Ibn Isa (a sub-narrator) said: ❝Some of its dust will reach him.❞
[Sunan Abu Dawood (3331) but graded as “Dha`eef” (weak) by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝A time will come when one will not care how one gains one's money, legally or illegally.❞
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (2059)]
The one who takes Ribaa, or the one who gives it, and the one is a witness to it, and the one who writes it, all are under the curse of Allaah, and there are many Ahaadeeth on the severity of taking Ribaa. It is a Major sin, and because of which the supplications are not answered.
