[24] Allah -azwj Nourishes the charity but Interest is going...

[24] Allah -azwj Nourishes the charity but Interest is going to be punished عن علي بن جعفر، عن أخيه موسى، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: «قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): إنه ليس شي‏ء إلا و قد وكل به ملك، غير الصدقة، فإن الله يأخذها بيده و يربيها، كما يربي أحدكم ولده، حتى يلقاها يوم القيامة و هي مثل احد».

From Ali -asws son of Ja’far -asws , from his brother Musa -asws , from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘There is nothing except that an Angel has been Allocated with it, apart from the charity, for Allah -azwj Takes it in His -azwj Hands and Nourishes it, just as one of you nourishes his children, to the extent that on the Day of Judgement he would meet it and it would be like the (Mount) Ohad’.

[25] الشيخ: بإسناده عن أحمد بن محمد، عن عثمان بن عيسى، عن زرارة، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال: قلت له: سمعت الله يقول: يَمْحَقُ اللَّهُ الرِّبا وَ يُرْبِي الصَّدَقاتِ، و قد أرى من يأكل الربا يربو ماله! فقال: «أي محق أمحق من درهم الربا، يمحق الدين، و إن تاب منه ذهب ماله و افتقر».

Al-Sheykh, by his chain from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws , said, ‘I said to him -asws , ‘I heard Allah -azwj Saying: Allah Obliterates the usury, and He Nourishes the charities [2:276] , and I have seen the one who consumes the interest, his wealth is nourished (multiplied)!’ So he -asws said: ‘Which obliteration is more obliterating than a Dirham of interest Obliterating the Religion (of a person).

And if he was to repent from it, his wealth would go away and he would be impoverished’’. [26] VERSES 275 & 276 الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبَا لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ الَّذِي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ الْمَسِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا الْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ الرِّبَا ۗ وَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا ۚ فَمَنْ جَاءَهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَانْتَهَىٰ فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ {275} Those who are consuming the interest are not standing except as the standing of the one whom the Satan has confused him from the craze.

That is because they are saying, ‘But rather, the trading is similar to the interest’; and Allah has Permitted the trading and Prohibited the interest.

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