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5105. It was narrated from ‘Abdullāh bin Murrah, from Al-Ḥārith, from ‘Abdullāh, who said: “The one who consumes Ribā, the one who pays it, and the one who writes it down, if they know that it is Ribā; the woman who does tattoos and the woman who has that done for the purpose of beautification; the one who withholds Ṣadaqah (Zakāh); and the one who reverts to the life of a Bedouin after having emigrated – they will (all) be cursed upon the tongue of Muḥammad ﷺ on the Day of Resurrection.” (Hasan)
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Commentary
1. ‘Consumes Ribā’ whether he consumes it or puts it to any other use, because the use of interest or usurious gain is forbidden for one’s self, in any form.
2. ‘The one who writes it down’ because this person also becomes a helper in the perpetration of an enormity or a major sin.
3. ‘If they know’: means the individuals concerned have the knowledge that it is a usurious transaction. Ignorance is forgivable.
4. 'One who reverts to the life of a Bedouin'. See No. 4191.
5. 'Upon the tongue of Muḥammad ﷺ' means Allāh's Messenger ﷺ has stated that such a person would be under the curse on the Day of Resurrection.
