When will the Hour be Established?

When will the Hour be Established?’ [12] Ceasing the consumption of interest الشيخ: بإسناده عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن أبي أيوب، عن محمد بن مسلم، قال: Al Sheykh, by his chain from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, دخل رجل على أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، من أهل خراسان، قد عمل بالربا حتى كثر ماله، ثم أنه سأل الفقهاء، فقالوا: ليس يقبل منك شي‏ء إلا أن ترده إلى أصحابه، ‘A man from the people of Khurasan came up to Abu Ja’far -asws , who worked with the interest (lending money) until he had abundant wealth.

Then he asked the jurists, so they said, ‘Nothing is Acceptable from you except that you refund it to its owners (the borrowers)’. فجاء إلى أبي جعفر (عليه السلام) فقص عليه قصته، فقال له أبو جعفر (عليه السلام): «مخرجك من كتاب الله عز و جل: فَمَنْ جاءَهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَانْتَهى فَلَهُ ما سَلَفَ وَ أَمْرُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ و الموعظة: التوبة». So, he came to Abu Ja’far -asws related the story to him -asws .

So, Abu Ja’far -asws said to him: ‘Your way out from the Book of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic is So the one to whom comes an Advice from his Lord, and he ends it, then for him would be what has passed and his affairs are (up) to Allah [2:275] . And the Advice – the repentance’.

[13] ابن بابويه في (الفقيه): بإسناده عن عمر بن يزيد بياع السابري، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله (عليه السلام): جعلت فداك، إن الناس يزعمون أن الربح على المضطر حرام و هو من الربا؟ فقال: «و هل رأيت أحدا اشترى- غنيا أو فقيرا- إلا من ضرورة؟ يا عمر، قد أحل الله البيع و حرم الربا، فاربح و لا ترب». قلت: و ما الربا؟ قال: «دراهم بدراهم، مثلان بمثل». Ibn Babuwah in Al Faqeeh, by his chain from Umar Bin Yazeed Baya’a Al Sabiry who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws !

The people are alleging that the profiting from the compelled one and it is from the interest?’ So he -asws said: ‘Have you ever seen anyone who bought – be the rich or poor – except from a need? O Umar! Allah -azwj has Permitted the trading but has Forbidden the interest, therefore (go for the) gain and not dust’. I said, ‘And what is the interest?’ He -asws said: ‘Dirham for the Dirham (i.e., fixed return), like for the like’.

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