1. The Curse of Interest.
Quran and the Prohibition of Riba
. Al Rum (30:39) (revealed in the 6th year of Prophethood):
And whatever you give for interest [i.e., advantage] to increase
within the wealth of people will not increase with Allah But what
you give in zakah, desiring the countenance of Allah – those are
the multipliers.
. Aal-e-Imran (3:130) (revealed in the 3rd year of Hijrah):
O you who have believed, do not consume usury, doubled and
multiplied, but fear Allah that you may be successful.
. Al Nisa (4:160-161) (revealed in the 5th year of Hijrah):
For wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful
for them [certain] good foods which had been lawful to them,
and for their averting from the way of Allah many [people],
And [for] their taking of usury while they had been forbidden
from it, and their consuming of the people's wealth unjustly.
And We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a
painful punishment.
.Al Baqarah (2: 275-276) (revealed in the 9th year of Hijrah):
Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of
Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan
into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is[just] like
interest." But Allah has permitted trade and has forbidden
interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his
Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests
with Allah. But whoever returns [to dealing in interest or
usury] – those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide
eternally therein. Allah destroys interest and gives increase for
charities. And Allah does not like every sinning disbeliever.

2. . Ibid.. Al Baqarah (278-281):
O you who have believed, fear Allah and give up what remains
[due to you] of interest, if you should be believers.
And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from
Allh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have
your principal – [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement
until [a time of] ease. But if you give [from your right as] charity,
then it is better for you, if you only knew.
And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah. Then
every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they
will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].
Sayings of RasulAllah (saw) on the Prohibition of
Riba::
. Narrated Abu Juhaifa RA 'The Prophet PBUH cursed the one who
took or gave (Riba') usury'. Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 72 ::
Hadith 845
. Jabir RA said 'Allah's Messenger PBUH cursed the accepter of
Interest, and its payer, and one who records it, and the two
witnesses, and he said: They are all equal'. Muslim: Book
10:Hadith 3881
. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger PBUH said, "Usury has
seventy parts, the least important being that a man should marry
his mother." Ibn Majah 2274
. Narrated Samura bin Jundab RA: The Prophet PBUH said, "This
night I dreamt that two men came and took me to a Holy land
whence we proceeded on till we reached a river of blood, where a
man was standing, and on its bank was standing another man
with stones in his hands. The man in the middle of the river tried
to come out, but the other threw a stone in his mouth and forced

3. him to go back to his original place. So, whenever he tried to
come out, the other man would throw a stone in his mouth and
force him to go back to his former place. I asked, 'Who is this?' I
was told, 'The person in the river was a Riba-eater." Bukhari ::
Book 3 :: Volume 34 :: Hadith 298
. It is narrated by Ibn Masud who says that the Prophet PBUH
said: No matter how much is the increment accrued through
interest, the eventual outcome is scarcity. Ibn Majah 2279,
Musnad Ahmed 3754
. Abdullah bin Hanzalah RA says that Prophet Muhammad PBUH
said: Deliberately eating one dirham (worth) of interest by a
person is more grievous than committing zina thirty-six times.
Musnad Ahmad 22008