Allah, the Exalted, said:
٢٨٧ - باب تغليظ تحريم الربا
Allah, the Exalted, said:
Alif, Lām, Meem.1
Up to His saying, the Exalted:
Those who consume interest1 cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allāh has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allāh. But whoever returns [to dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
As for the hadiths, they are many and well-known in the authentic collection; among them is the hadith of Abū Hurayrah mentioned in the preceding chapter.
And on the authority of Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who consumes ribā (usury) and the one who pays it. Muslim narrated it; al-Tirmidhī and others added: and its two witnesses and the one who records it.