It was
the fundamental measure that Islam mentioned about economic building. The riba
(interest) is the most forbidden way as important as zakah that established as
the principle thing. Allah said:
وَمَا آتَيْتُم مِّن رِّبًا لِّيَرْبُوَ فِي أَمْوَالِ
النَّاسِ فَلَا يَرْبُو عِندَ اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَا آتَيْتُم مِّن زَكَاةٍ تُرِيدُونَ
وَجْهَ اللَّهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُضْعِفُونَ [٣٠: ٣٩]
“And whatever you give for interest to increase within the
wealth of people will not increase with Allah. But what you give in zakah,
desiring the countenance of Allah - those are the multipliers.” (Ar-Rum/30: 39)
The reason
than people have been saying since many-many times ago when its tolled any
supposed to do about riba (interest) is; that’s all no more than a trade
matter. People didn’t think the interest they made on the loan project as the
wrong way or anything inflict to the financial loss or any despotic way on each
other.
The haram
of interest that called riba is basically easy founded on a loan. Ibn
Abbas mention the riba as: “Any loan that made any gain is one of riba.”
The
loan on Islam is not about trading, a loan is about to help each other. When it
becomes a trading matter, it couldn’t change as the trade matter than. Any
interest on it is doesn’t have any purpose as a good thing. It doesn’t just inflict
directly on a debtor, but also inflict more huge trouble to the creditor and
more people wealthy. One of it called inflation. The interest (on capital) doesn’t
have any right purpose to use; and Allah mention about who commonly consumed
the riba:
لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ الَّذِي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ
الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ الْمَسِّ [٢: ٢٧٥]
“… who cannot stand except as one stands who is being beaten by
Satan into insanity.” (Al Baqarah/2: 275)
And Allah also said to anyone
who refused to ended consumed riba:
فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ [٢: ٢٧٩]
“…, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allah and His
Messenger.” (Al Baqarah/2: 279)
