English translation
2274. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "There are seventy degrees of usury, the least of which is equivalent to a man having intercourse with his mother." (Hasan)
Hadith 2274
- English source
Darussalam · Volume 3
12. The Chapters On Business TransactionsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
- Arabic source
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الحديث: 2274 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 764
Al-Albani source references (1)
- صحيح وضعيف سنن ابن ماجة (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 2274 · Volume 5 · Page 274
Sahih
صحيح، التعليق الرغيب (٣ / ٥٠ و ٥١) ، أحاديث البيوع
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Arabic text
2274 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الرِّبَا سَبْعُونَ حُوبًا، أَيْسَرُهَا أَنْ يَنْكِحَ الرَّجُلُ أُمَّهُ»
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Commentary
Interest (or usury alike) is a great factor behind the destruction of a society. It has enormous aspects of economic and social damages and losses; that is why one single sin of interest or usury has been declared equal to seventy types of sins. This Hadith also shows that the sins are of different degrees. If the least sin is so huge and detestable, then what about the rest of the sixty-nine types of sins, how horrible they will be?!! The most distinctive quality of an Islamic society is sympathy and sincerity to others, while the theory of interest (or usury alike) is totally contrary to it.