عَنْ جَابِرِ بنِ عبدالله - رضي الله عنهما - قَالَ: «لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُؤْكِلَهُ، وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ»، وَقَالَ: «هُمْ سَوَاءٌ»
72 - Prohibition of usury
Jābir ibn ꜤAbdullāh narrated:
1. God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) cursed 2. the one who devours usury, 3. the one who pays it, 4. the one who writes [the agreement] 5. and the two witnesses. 6. He said: ‘They are all the same’. .
Related by Muslim, 1598
Summary of Meaning
The Prophet cursed usury: whoever takes it or gives it, and the one who writes its contract or acts as a witness. The Prophet further says that they all incur the same sin.
