797 - ما يوجِبُ الارتِطامَ فِي الرِّبا

797. That Which Leads One to Become INVOLVED IN USURY

2505.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَعاشِرَ الناسِ ، الفِقهَ ثُمَّ المَتجَرَ ، واللَّهِ لَلرِّبا في هذِهِ الاُمَّةِ أخفى‏ من دَبِيبِ النَّملِ عَلى الصَّفا .¹

2505.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Engage yourself firstly in communal relations with people, then the law, and subsequently trading, for by Allah, usury creeps into this community more discreetly than an ant creeps onto a rock.' ²

2506.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَنِ اتَّجَرَ بغَيرِ فِقهٍ فَقَدِ ارتَطَمَ في الرِّبا .³

2506.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever trades without knowledge of legal rulings gets involved in usury.' ⁴

انظر : التجارة : باب 285 .

(See also: COMMERCE: section 285)

796 - حِكمَةُ تَحريمِ الرِّبا

796. The Wisdom Behind the Prohibition OF USURY

2503.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لَمّا سَألَهُ هِشامُ بنُ الحَكَمِ عن عِلَّةِ تَحريمِ الرِّبا - : إنّهُ لَو كانَ الرِّبا حلالاً لَتَرَكَ الناسُ التِّجاراتِ وما يَحتاجونَ إلَيهِ فحَرَّمَ اللَّهُ الرِّبا لتَفِرَّ¹ الناسُ عنِ الحرامِ إلى التِّجاراتِ وإلى البَيعِ والشِّراءِ فَيَتَّصِلَ ذلكَ بَينَهُم في القَرضِ .²

2503. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked by Hisham b. al-Hakam about the reason behind the prohibition of usury, replied, 'Were usury to be permissible, people would abandon their trading and other necessities, so Allah prohibited usury in order that man may flee from the unlawful [means of earning] to trade, and resort to buying and selling, and this in turn facilitates borrowing from each other.' ³

2504.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لَمَّا سُئلَ عن عِلَّةِ تحريمِ الرِّبا - : لئلّا يَتَمانَعَ الناسُ المَعروفَ .⁴

2504. When Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was asked the reason behind the prohibition of usury, he replied, 'So that people may not withhold common courtesy from each other.' ⁵