798 - آكِلُ الرِّبا مُستَحِلّاً مُحارِبٌ‏

798. THE USURER WHO JUSTIFIES HIMSELF MUST BE FOUGHT

(يَا أيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إن كُنتُم مُّؤمِنِينَ * فَإنْ لَم تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِه وَإنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُؤُوسُ أمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ) .¹

"O you who have faith! Be wary of Allah, and abandon [all claims to] what remains of usury, should you be faithful. And if you do not, then be informed of a war from Allah and His apostle. And if you repent, then you will have your principal, neither harming others, nor suffering harm." ²

2507.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لَمّا بلَغهُ أنّ رَجلاً كانَ يَأكُلُ الرِّبا ويُسَمِّيهِ اللِّباءَ - : لئن أمكَنَنِي اللَّهُ عزّوجلّ (مِنهُ) لَأضرِبَنَّ عُنُقَهُ .³

2507. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was once informed of a man who was extorting usury and calling it liba' ⁴ instead of riba (usury) to justify his actions, with regards to whom Imam said, 'If Allah gave me the power to, I would have him beheaded.' ⁵