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    Riba, Iere ad six Hadih:

    Do We Have a Defiiio ora coudrum?

    Mohammad Omar Farooq

    Abra: The Qua ategiay phibit rib

    a, but de t deie it. It iy agued that riba i deied by hadith. At the tie the eeati

    abut riba, the y type riba k a riba al-jahiliyyah. I y that type iideed, uuy uuiu/expitatie taati ud be phibited. late,the pe the deiiti riba a badeed baed hadith a textua p,eadig t the taditia piti that a iteet ae phibited. I thipape it i exped hethe the y-ited hadith t deie riba hd up aaied. Baed the aayi peeted hee, hie the Quai phibiti a beeaiy udetd i the ae riba al-jahiliyyah, ad the atiae it i biu,a the eade ud id, it i ideed a dautig tak t ue hadith t deie riba

    ad jutiy the badeed pe i te the riba-iteet equati.

    JEL Classification: 040, C23, O53, P49.

    Ib Qayyi: Thee i thig phibited exept that hih Gdphibit ...T deae ethig peitted phibited i ike deaigethig phibited peitted. (ited i Tha, 2006:63)

    I. Iroduio

    The Qua ategiay phibit riba. Hee, ie thee i uaiityabut the deiiti pe thi phibiti (faq, 2007a), e i ue

    the igia te riba thughut thi eay. I the Qua it i peiied:

    Mohammad Omar Farooq, Aiate Pe Buie ad fiae, rya Uieity

    we, Bahai.

    2009, international association for islamic economics

    Review of Islamic Economics, v. 13, n. 1, 2009, pp. 105142.

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    The h deu riba i t tad exept a tad e h theEi oe by hi tuh ha die t ade. That i beaue they ay:

    Tade (bay[) i ike riba, but Gd ha peitted tade ad bidderiba. The h ate eeiig dieti thei ld deit ha bepaded the pat; thei ae i Gd (t judge); but the hepeat (the ee) ae pai the ie: they i abide theei.(Qua, 2: 275)

    o ye h beiee! Deu t riba, doubled and multiplied; but eaGd; that yu ay (eay) ppe. (Qua, 3: 130)

    I ye d it t, take tie a Gd ad Hi meege: But iye tu bak, ye ha hae yu apita u: Deal not unjustly, and youshall not be dealt with unjustly. (Qua, 2: 279)

    Ag the ee that dea ith riba ae: 2:276 ad 2:278; 4:160-

    61. Thee ee d t eay deie hat i riba. Baed the hitia

    patie duig the peid eeati, hat i deiitey phibited i the

    Qua i k a riba al-jahiliyyah.

    The ay i hih iba a dubed ad edubed i the pe-Iai peid i expeed by the Zayd b. Aa (d.136/754)a : riba i the pe-Iai peid ited the dubig

    ad edubig [ ey ditie], ad i the age [ theatte]. At atuity, the edit ud ay t the debt, wi yu paye, ieae [the debt]? I the debt had aythig, he ud pay.otheie, the age the atte [t be epaid] ud be ieaed ... Ithe debt a ey a dity, the debt ud be dubed t bepaid i e yea, ad ee the, i the debt ud t pay, it ud bedubed agai; e huded i e yea ud bee t huded.I that a t paid, the debt ud ieae t u huded. Eah

    yea the debt ud be dubed. (saeed, 1996: 22)

    The expitati ad ijutie uh riba-baed taati ae

    biu ad hady equie uthe expaati atiaizati. Thi type riba i k a riba al-jahiliyyah; adig t e eiet Iai

    ha, uh a Ia Ahad Ib Haba, y uh riba i uau

    ithut dubt the Iai iepit.

    The Qua eheety de riba, but pide itte expaati hat that te ea, beyd tatig riba ad haity adetiig exbitat dubig. cetat deibe a pe-Iai patie extedig deay t debt i etu a ieaei the piipa (riba al-jahiliyyah). sie thi patie i eded aexitig at the tie the eeati, it i e etai itae hat

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    the Qua phibit. Hee Ib Haba, ude the Habai h,deaed that thi patie - pay ieae - i the y riba the

    phibiti hih i beyd ay dubt. (Ib Qayyi a-Jaziyyah,1973, 2: 153-154, ited by vge ad Haye, 1998: 72-73)

    Hee, gaduay, baed hadith, the pe riba a ideed

    ad t type ee idetiied: riba al-fadl (piaiy eated t ae

    taati), ad riba al-nasi'ah (ae debt iig deeet), hee

    the atte epded t riba al-jahiliyyah. Ib [Abba, e the aj

    pai the Pphet ad eaiet the Iai juit, ad a e

    the pai (Uaah ib Zayd, [Abduah ib ma[ud, [Uah ib

    Zubay, Zayd ib Aqa) ideed that the y uau riba i riba

    al-jahiliyyah (saeh, 1986: 27).

    It i iptat t te hee that baed (a) riba al-jahiliyyah ad (b)

    ijutie/expitati a the hikmah (id), uuy ud be phibited,

    but iteet i allit a it exit i de ey ad iae at

    be necessarilyategized a phibited. Hee, hat i t deied

    by the Qua, deiiti ae geeay ught the suah/hadith.

    Appaety, the ae i aied i thi ae riba.

    sie thi ti i idey hed, iudig at the -peiait ee, e

    i ue a a exape IBf-net, a ie u ued Iai Bakig

    ad fiae ith 4,000+ ebe h ae ha, expet, eeahe,

    patitie tudet a h hae iteet i thi peiaized ied.

    o that u, Tha patiipated i a diui1 abut the deiiti

    riba ad h the Qua ad hadith pay a e i deiig it. He te:

    ... thee i dieee betee the Qua ad the hadith, but thee ae ix

    authetiated hadith that a u t deie thi bidde thig.

    Atuay, that aeti i baed Tha edited bk (2006), ad

    the eueated hadith ae take a hapte tited what i iba? Hi

    ie ad k ae t be ted, beaue adig t athe shai[

    ahexpet ad ebe shai[ah Bad eea Iai fiaia

    Itituti, sh. Yuu Taa Delez: Abdukade Tha ha begu i a

    det but eetie ay t eege a e Iai fiae' t eetie

    ie (Delez, 2006: 8). Thu, he a ai that e authetiated

    hadith a u t deie thi bidde thig e uh a expet,

    it i thhie expig it, patiuay a ie it a epeet the

    typia ie that riba i deied byhadith.

    It i bady ageed that the Qua de t deie riba. The Qua

    de t expiity deie riba a e type taati athe. ... The

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    et thefuqaha judiia ha ike sh. Zuhayi ad the exape

    the hadith a u t deteie a ea idea hat i riba (Tha,

    2006: 127).Iteetigy, ee ed caiph [Ua, e the et cpai

    the Pphet, egetted abut the iuiiet guidae thi atte

    the Pphet.

    Hadith-1:[Ua b. a-Khattab aid, Thee ae thee thig. I Gdmeege had expaied the eay, it ud hae bee deae te tha the d ad hat it tai: (Thee ae) kalalah, riba, adkhilafah. (Sunan Ibn Majah, Bk Iheitae, v. 4, #2727; IbnMajah add: Adig t a-Zaa'id, the authitie it isnadae

    eiabe, but it ha munqati[ hai taii, p. 113; munqati[ea a iteupted, bke ditiuu hai).

    At the tie the eeati the ee abut riba, the y type

    riba k a riba al-jahiliyyah. I y that type i ideed,

    uuy (expitatie, exbitat ate iteet) uuiu taati

    ud be phibited. Hee, ate, the pe the deiiti riba

    a badeed baed hadith. Abdukade Tha eeed t hadith

    (ad thee ae e hadith i a ube aiati) that ae y

    peeted by the thdxy a textua p the deiiti riba. Uigthe badeed deiiti, the thdx ide de iteet i a

    it t be phibited. I thi pape, e exaie the ix hadith t

    udetad bette the ai that they deie riba. I hud aiy that thee

    ae deiitey ay e hadith abut riba ad u exaiati ge

    beyd the e etied by Tha. The y igiiae the ix i

    the tite thi eay i the ai a expet i Iai iae that thee

    ix hadith ( thee hadith, idetiied a Thee) deie hat riba

    i. I hud a te that the peetati be i t aeted byhadith

    the tha the ix.

    II. some Perie Poi abou Hadih

    Tha (2006) eueated ix peii hadith.2 Hee, bee e diu

    the, a e thig abut hadith eed t be udetd, a thee ae eea

    yth ipeepti, uh a the ig:

    I a1. hadith qute the Pphet, e k that' exaty hat the Pphet

    aid.

    The2. Sahih eti tai hadith that ae idiputabe.

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    Thee i taditi ag3. hadiths the ae tpi, ag

    aati the ae hadith.

    H4. adith pide kedge iati that i etai deiitie.

    I thi pape, yth 1 ad 4 ae patiuay eeat. It i iptat t

    te that a hadith beig sahih (autheti) de t eeaiy ea that it

    pide deiitie ( etai) kedge. oymutawatirtype hadith -

    a hadith hih i epted by ay pepe ay pepe that they

    at be expeted t agee up a ie, a the tgethe - yied etai

    kedge abut a patiua atte. Ee the, y mutawatir bil-lafz

    (mutawatirhadith that tai exat d i eah hai) beg t thiategy hadith that yied etaity kedge. Mutawatir bil-ma[na

    (mutawatirhadith that tai y iia but t exat d i eah

    hai), d t bea the ae eight. Thee ae ey e hadith that beg

    t the it type, mutawatir bil-lafz. Ideed, ha hae idetiied ee

    tha a dze hadith i thi ategy. n-mutawatirhadith ae k

    a ahad(itay). sie mutawatirhadith ae ee tha a dze (ut

    huded thuad hadith iudig the aiati hai), it a

    be aid that ituay a hadith, iudig sahihhadith, ae ahadad yied

    yprobabilistickedge.They a ti be eaaby eiabe guidae. mui hud

    utiize the guidae ad uti, i ppey authetiated i te

    bth hai ad tet, a g a e (a) akedge the pbabiiti

    atue the ue ad d t ai etaity i egad t the iue i

    queti, (b) d t uate a, de dga that ae t igid

    hah, epeiay petaiig t pepe ie, hu ad ppety, ad () d

    t ai iaity i te authitatiee ay a, de dga

    that ae aied at uig uh pbabiiti ue.3

    let e te e the pit a a iutati bee e dee ita detaied diui abut the hadith. like ay the uh k, a

    itia eake Tha bk i that adequate ae i deaig ith a

    the hadith i t eaiy tabe. let e iutate by eeig t e ha,

    sh. wahbah a-Zuhayi, a tibut t the bk. A itdued theei, sh.

    Zuhayi i the Dea the cege shai[ah at Daau Uieity ad a

    ebe ueu shai[ah upeiy bad geig Iai bak.

    Hi k Fiqh al-Sunnah wa-Adilatuha i e the eadig ad t idey

    eied up aua de Iai juipudee (Tha, 2006: 8).

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    I the hapte The juidia eaig Riba sh. Zuhayi ite a hadith

    a : Haki eate the authity Ib ma[ud that the Pphet

    aid, Riba i eety thee kid, the ightet i eiue hih i abad a e' ayig hi the; the mui h patie riba

    ge ad (Tha, 2006: 27). Edte #6 add: reated by Ib majah i a

    hteed ei, ad byHaki i it pete , deeig it rigorously

    authenticated. Thee ae ay the hadith the ae eaig, e

    hih iude the phae, Riba it eety ategie, ad i the,

    Riba it eety t ategie (Tha, 2006: 49). Iteetigy,

    Ib Haja a-[Aqaai, e the et hadith ha (852 AH),

    ha ted abut Haki (ad a k Ib Jazi): A Great Collection of

    Fabricated Traditionsby Ib Jazi i a ueiabe i it deaig the gade ged a Mustadrak al-Hakim i ueiabe i it deaig the gade

    ud (sahih).4

    we a begi ith the eatiey i iue the diepay,

    eetyvs. eety-t. Atuay, the dieee i uh ide. Taditiay,

    uh diepaie hae beaig the aeptabiity t uh

    hadithsee thugh it i quite ea that ethig i g hee beaue

    e ept ted eety, e eety-t, e eety-thee ad

    the ugget the ube. Hee, it i uie mui t take

    uh ha d at ae aue. let u expe uthe. sh. Zuhayi ite

    the hadith epted by Ib ma jah a e a Haki, ad thi i hat Ib

    ma jah ha t add a etay t that hadith. Adig t a-Zaa'id,

    it isnadtai i it najh b. [Abd a-raha A ma[ha. The ha

    ae uaiu deaig hi da[if(i.e. eak) (Sunan Ibn Majah, v. 3,

    #2274, p. 351).

    s, h i thi hadith iguy authetiated?5 o, i sh. Zuhayi

    aiig thi abut the ge ei the hadith that Haki epted?

    I he i the hy ee t Ib majah, but t aiy that it i aiied da[ifby Ib ma jah hie? But the pbe ith thi hadith i ee deepe.

    may the hadith ha hae a diputed it authetiity (Eea,

    .d.).

    Tha bk deee peia atteti beaue the auth eeate

    the tey abut iteet t the ee beie ad dibeie. Riba i

    pat a bade pbe beie ad behai. reuig t bat riba i

    aki t dibeie. cedig the aguet that ey ha a itii aue

    i ptetiay a geate at dibeie (Tha, 2006: 133).

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    raiig ay iue t the ee beie ad dibeie i a eiu atte.

    raiig a iue uh a hethe ey ha a itii aue t the ee

    ptetiay a geate at dibeie i t jut uaated, but aeiuy peuptuu ad judgeta. A it i geeay ageed that the

    Qua det deie riba but (it i aied) that hadith de, eade eed

    t ath the hadith etied i uh k ie they eithe hae t

    aue that the quted hadith ae autheti (ue etied theie)

    they ud be ied that the hadith ae authetiated (ee

    iguy authetiated). Hee, ietiu eade hud ee

    dee thei due diigee t the.

    I the ig eget, the petiet hadith i be diued

    i aeig the aeti that riba i deied by etai authetiatedhadith. It i iptat t keep i id that ee thugh Iai ha

    utiize ad appy hadith athe bady i uatig Iai a, the

    ha a geeay agee ad akedge that ee autheti (sahih)

    hadith yied y pbabiiti kedge (faq, 2008b).

    It hud a be ted that i exaiig petiet hadith the ix

    peii hadith that Tha ited ad eeeed i hi bk, ae idetiied.

    o ue, the hadith beyd the ix ae a exaied geate

    peheiee. Tha itati i ipete hih i quite

    ith ay ite. I ae Tha the did t e the, apppiateitati hae bee added t the exaiati the eeat hadith. sie

    eea hadith ae exaied thughut thi eay, I hae ued the ig

    ubeig pt: (a) The ix ited by Tha ee gaized ude

    ix dieet thee (e.g. Thee I, II, ) ad peii hadith ae ited

    a, exape, I.a, I.b, II.a, II.b, II.., ...; (b) A the hadith ae peeted

    equetiay (e.g. H-1, H-2, H-3,); () A, exept the that iude

    et atati itati hadith ae iediate, athe tha

    deeig the t edte.

    III. the six (theme of) Hadih

    3.1. Hadih I: theme no riba i po raaio or no riba exep i

    deferme/redi

    Hadith-2 I.a.: f Uaah ib Zayd: The Pphet aid: Thee i riba exept i nasi'ah [aitig]. (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab a-Buyu[, BabBay[ a-dia bi-dia aaa, v. 3, #386)

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    Hadith-3 I.b.: Thee i riba i had-t-had [pt] taati.(Sahih Muslim, v. III, #3878, Kitab a-muaqat, Bab bay[ a-ta[a

    itha bi-ith).

    Thi hadith ha eea aiati. ne i mutawatir. ntaby, thi

    hadith i a it aiati i quite ategia that thee i riba i had-

    t-had pt taati. Thu, ay theie-peiibe taati

    pt taati a t ie riba. Ee the thdxy aept thee

    hadith a autheti (sahih) ee thugh they etabih etaity

    kedge ie they ae t mutawatir. Hee, i take iteay, a Iqba

    Ahad Kha suhai pie i hi bk: thee aati deih the e-

    ieted ate riba al-fadl (suhai,1999

    :8).The hadith aated by Uaah - Thee i riba exept i ai'ah

    deeet - ugget that deeet edit ie riba. Hee, it i

    e-k ad uppted by ayhadith that the Pphet had eteed it

    edit-puhae taati (nasi'ah) ad a that he paid e tha the

    igia aut. A, Sahabah hae paid e tha the igia aut at

    the tie epayet ad the Pphet apped it (suhai, 1999: 84).

    Hadith-4: Sahih al-Bukhari, v. 3, #282, naated [A'ihah: ThePphet puhaed d gai a Je edit ad tgaged hii au t hi. (ishtarata[aman min yahudiila ajalin wa rahnahudir[an min hadid; i a-Bukhai, v. 3, #309 the hadith i aated ithnasiah, itead ajal)

    Hadith-5:Sahih al-Bukhari, v. 3, #579, naated Jabi bi [Abduah:I et t the Pphet hie he a i the mque. (mi[a thikthat Jabi et i the e.) Ate the Pphet td e t payt ak[ah, he epaid e the debt he ed e ad gae e a exta

    aut.

    Hadith-4 i tated ithut ay quaiiati: thee i riba exepti nasiah. o ue, thee ae the hadith, a sahih, hih add uthe

    quaiiati. Hee, i deeet edit-baed taati (nasiah)

    de ie riba, hee the atte i ategiay phibited i the Qua,

    the h did the Pphet egage i puhae ith pii deeed

    payet (Hadith-4, ajal)? o ue, thi type tgagig uig

    pabke eie i egized a Iaiay aid ad aeptabe, a

    iutated thugh thi hadith. A h did he pay exta (athe eaig

    riba, hih ea exe) a i Hadith-5 abe? Ae e t aue that

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    the Je h eed d t the Pphet edit did t beeit

    the taati? Ad i ae he did, at that riba? It hud be ted

    that hie deeed/edit puhae uh a i Hadith-4 i peiibe,buyig d edit (eithe a eued ueued a) ipie a

    uh geate ueabiity the buye/tgage tha it i i a pit-

    ieted, eia taati. A ie thi a a aid ad

    patie, hy the ephai i thee hadith that they ee paid exta i debt

    epayet?

    se ight ague that utay exta payet i ae a a

    ithut ay tipuati exe i peiibe baed hadith, uh

    a Hadith-5. Hee, it i tadited by the hadith: Every a

    that attat a beeit/adatage i riba.6 withut gettig it the iue authetiity ay uh aati, thdx adate Iai

    iae ad bakig y ue uh hadith. (raha, 2005, Guidae

    fiaia, .d., ide 23; Uai, 1999: eti n. 101).7 I that i auate,

    the thee i pii t dieetiate betee a ith tipuated

    exe ad utaiy paid exta. H a a a hih aue a beeit

    t the ede be riba, but t gatuitu a? It ee ike haig e ake

    ad eatig it t. T ite the hadith A a ith a beeit t the ede i

    riba i de t jutiy phibiti ay a ith a exta, but the t

    iit the phibiti y t the a ith tipuated exe, t eiethe hadith that a utay exta payet i a deiite a attept t

    eie the ieiabe. Ideed, it i athe udaeta pbe that

    due t ay tadityhadith, ay juit etat hae a

    pehat eetie ue hadith a textua eidee.

    o ue, it ud a be agued that bth the abe-etied

    hadith ae a peid bee riba a phibited. Hee, e ud

    the iduge i daig a ieee ie thee i deiitie kedge

    iati, t uppt uh a aguet.

    3.2.Hadih II-III: theme - I ae of loa, o exe i o be aeped by

    he leder

    Hadith-6II.: f Aa ib maik: The Pphet aid: I a a exteda a t ee he hud t aept a git. (Mishkat, p. it., theauthity Bukhai' Taikh ad Ib Tayiyyah al-Muntaqa)

    Hadith-7 III.a.: f Abu Budah ib Abi mua: I ae t madiahad et [Abduah ib saa h aid, Yu ie i a uty hee

    riba i apat; hee i aye e yu ethig ad peet yu

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    ith a ad hay, a ad baey, a pe ta, d t aeptit it i riba. (Sahih al-Bukhari, v. 5, #159).

    Hadith-8 III.b.: naated Abu Uaah: The Pphet aid: I ayeiteede hi bthe ad he peet a git t hi it ad heaept it, he appahe a geat d the d riba. (Sunan AbuDawud, v. 2, #3534)

    A thee ept abe eate t the ae thee. A ede hud t

    aept ay exe (ee i the git) a pat , ith the epayet

    the piipa. Hadith-6 i t ay piay hadith eti.

    Mishkati a eday ue. A, the t the ue, Bukhai' Tarikh

    (hity) ad Ib Tayiyyah al-Muntaqa

    , a eeed t i Tha, ae thadith ue eithe. Hadith-7 i Sahih al-Bukhari, but it i atuay a

    athar(tateet ept the cpai theee), ad a

    eithe the peedig t ept i mutawatir.

    The ipiati thee ept i quite ea. They ephaize the e

    the ede. nthig i exe the piipa hud be aepted by the

    ede. It ay thig abut the be t payig aythig exta. Yet,

    ept that dia ede t aept ay exta aut ae at dd ith the

    Ppheti patie ia a he hie eed exta ad the ede aepted

    it [ee Hadith-5]. why ud the Pphet bid ede t aept ay exta,hie he paid exta? I thi titute riba ad it i phibited - hethe i the

    Qua ad/ hadith, h ut e eie the at that, i athe hadith,

    bth the eeie ad paye the riba ae ideed equay guity?

    Hadith-9: Sahih Muslim, v. III, n. 3854: Abu sa[id a-Khudi ()epted Gd meege (p) a ayig: Gd i t be paid by gd,ie by ie, heat by heat, baey by baey, date by date, at byat, ike by ike, payet beig ade had t had. He h ade aadditi t it, aked a additi, i at deat i riba. The receiver

    and the giver are equally guilty.

    A, the t hadith i thee II-III ae tadited by the hadith

    hee the Pphet apped exta payet i etteet debt. Thee

    ae a ae hee ettig i-kid big ied bette quaity

    tha the igia.

    Hadith-10:naated Abu Huayah that the Pphet bed a t-yea-d ae ad etued a iia ae, ad i additi he gaeathe ae, ad aid: Bet yu ae the bet i etuig yu

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    debt. (suhai, p. 106, qutig Jai[ a-Tiidhi, Kitab a-Buyu[, .6,n. 56)

    Hadith-11: Sahih Muslim, v. III, n. 3899: Abu Huayah () epted:Gd meege (p) tk a ae a, ad the etued hi (theede) the ae a e atue age ad aid: Gd ag yu aethe h ae gd i eaig the debt.

    Hadith-12:Muwatta', Kitab a-Buyu[, n.1368 mujahid epted that[Abduah ib [Ua tk e diha a a a ad paid bakbette diha. The a aid, Abu[Abd a-raha. Thee ae bettetha the diha hih I et yu. [Abduah ib [Ua aid, I kthat. But I a happy ith ye abut that."

    Had

    ith-

    13:Sunan Abu Dawud, v. 3, n. 3341: naated Jabi ib[Abduah: The Pphet (p) ed e a debt ad gae e ethig

    exta he he paid it.

    Thee ud be a aguet that hadith diaig the ede

    t aept aythig exta ee a peid bee riba a iiay

    phibited. I ideed et, the the hadith ay t be ited

    phibiti riba. futhee, i the aguet that the hadith ee

    pe-phibiti peid a aid, the e agai, e ud ae the

    eaity that deiitie iati bati t that eet exit.

    I thee?

    Athe pauibe expaati i that hadith that dia ede ay

    exee petai t qardhasan,(Qua, 2: 245), a -pit gatuitu

    a ut beeee. I , the the hadith ipy eie the ee

    abut qardhasan. Hee, by the ae tke, ay pitabe taati,

    hethe iteet-baed t, udt be eed by the hadith.8

    se ague that uh utay exta payet i a ight, but t i

    uh exta i tipuated by the ede. Hee, the ea uh aguet

    i iaid i beaue riba al-jahiliyyah, the type idiated i the Qua, a

    t baed tipuated exe.

    Ideed, riba eated hadith d t ue the te a (qard) debt

    (dayn). Abduah saeed diue the ig baed muhaad rahid

    rida (d. 1935), a eiet ha ad the diipe shaykh muhaad

    [Abduh:

    ... [n]e the autheti hadith attibuted t the Pphet i eatit riba appea t eti the te, a (qard) debt (dayn).Thi abee ay eeee t a debt i riba-eated hadith

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    ed a iity juit t ted that hat i atuay phibiteda riba i etai ae, hih ae eeed t i the hadith

    iteatue.9

    3.3. Hadih IV-V: theme - Barer/trade exep po raaio or like

    (i qualiy or quaiy) of erai ommodiie i prohibied

    Hadith-14 Iv.a.: f Abu sa[id a-Khudi: The Pphet (p), aid: Dt e gd gd exept he it i ike ike, ad d t ieaee e the the; d t e ie ie exept he it i ike ike, ad d t ieae e e the the; ad d t e hati aay [ ag thee] hat i eady. (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab

    a-Buyu[, Bab bay[ a-iddah bi-iddah, v. 3, #385; a Muslim, v.III, n. 3845, Tiidhi, naai ad muad Ahad)

    Hadith-15 Iv.b.: f [Ubadah ib a-Sait: The Pphet (p), aid:Gd gd, ie ie, heat heat, baey baey date date, ad at at - ike ike, equa equa, ad had-t-had; i the ditie die, theyou may sell as you wish, providedthat the exchange is hand-to-hand. (Muslim, Kitab a-muaqat, Baba-sa a-bay[ a-dhahab bi-aaq aqda, v. III, n. 3853; a iTiidhi)

    Thee hadith, etied by Tha, aat epaate expaatibeaue, a aeady detated abe, had-t-had pt taati

    (bateig tade) ae peiibe i Ia ad uh taati d t

    ie riba. But et u t da a haty ui. reade hud patiety

    peue the aguet be.

    may hadith, iudig the petaiig t riba, ight ake a

    aazig etie aze.

    Hadith-16: Sahih al-Bukhari, v. 3, n. 344: naated [Ua ib

    a-Khattab: Gd Apte aid, The bateig gd ie i Riba(uuy), exept i it i had t had ad equa i aut, adheat gai heat gai i uuyexcept if it is from hand to handand equal in amount, ad date date i uuy exept i it i had t had ad equa i aut, ad baey baey i uuyexept i it i had t had ad equa i aut.

    Adig t the abe hadith, a exhage gd ie i riba

    exept had t had ( pt) taati andequa i aut. n et u

    eie the ig hadith a-Bukhai:

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    Hadith-17: Sahih al-Bukhari, v. 3, n. 388: naated [Abd a-rahaib Abi Bakah: that hi athe aid, The Pphet bade the eig

    gd gd ad ie ie except if they are equivalent in weight,ad aed u t e gd ie ad vice versaa e ihed.

    Adig t the abe hadith, a exhage gd ie i riba

    exept i they ae equa i aut. Thee i eti pt/had-t-

    had etiti. n et u eie the ig hadith al-Bukhari:

    Hadith-18: Yahya eated t e maik Ib shihab maik ib A ib a-Hadatha a-nai that e tie he aked texhage 100 dia. He aid, Tahah ib [Ubayduah aed e e

    ad e ade a utua ageeet that he ud ake a exhage e. He tk the gd ad tued it abut i hi had, ad theaid, I at d it uti y teaue big the ey t e a-Ghabah. [Ua ib a-Khattab a iteig ad [Ua aid, ByGd! D t eae hi uti yu hae take it hi! The he aid,The meege Gd, ..., aid, Gold for silver is usury except hand tohand. wheat heat i uuy exept had t had. Date datei uuy exept had t had. Baey baey i uuy exept hadt had. (Kitab a-Buyu[, v. 3, n. 382; a, Muwatta Imam Malik,Kitab a-Buyu[, n. 1321)

    Adig t the abe hadith, a exhage gd ie i riba exept

    had t had ( pt) taati. n eti equiaee i eight a a

    etiti. next et u hek the ig hadith a-Bukhai:

    Hadith-19: Sahih al-Bukhari, v. 3, n. 383: naated Abu Bakah:Gd Apte aid, Dt e gd gd ue equa i eight, ie ie ue equa i eight, butyou could sell gold for silveror silver for gold as you like.

    Adig t the abe hadith, a exhage gd ie viceversai ude etiti. regade, et u ide the ig hadith

    Sahih mui.

    Hadith-15: (itig e e) Sahih Muslim, v. III, n. 3853: [Ubadahb. a-Sait (Gd be peaed ith hi) epted Gd meege(pbuh) a ayig: Gd i t be paid by gd, ie by ie, heatby heat, baey by baey, date by date, ad at by at, ike ikead equa equa, payet beig ade had t had. If these classesdiffer, then sell as you wish if payment is made hand to hand.

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    Adig t abe hadith, ee he the ae die - gd ie

    ie gd, e at d a e ih. It ti ha t be pt/had-t-had

    taati. s, hih e i it? Iteetigy, tedig he ha a betteexpiati the phibiti riba (iudig bak iteet) baed the

    k aia juit nyazee (2000), a tepay ha Iai

    iqh, abitiuy aet:

    ... the taditi petaiig t riba ae e the t pextaditi i the etie Iai ega iteatue. studyig the iitutie t y dieig the eaig riba, but a udetadig the ethd itepetati epyed by the juit.Thee taditi hep u i pehedig the geea piipe Iai a. They big ut the uique atue thi ega yte adake ut a tg ae the eiu tudy the k the juit.

    Hpeuy, the petiet hadith (Hadith-15 - Hadith-19) hep the

    eade egize ad appeiate the haege the juit hae aed i de

    t etabih a ea, itetibe deiiti riba i ight hadith. Did

    nyazee d a bette jb tha hi pedee, jut a he bdy aied? we,

    eade hud ead hi k ad deide theee.

    ntaby, e the hadith peiiay eti riba heea the

    d t ee thugh a petai t the ae iue. But d thee hadith eatet riba at a? we, t dea ith that queti e eed t e t the ext

    thee, hih e iia hadith, but peiiay eti the riba

    eti.

    Hadith-20 v.a.: f Abu sa[id a-Khudi: The Pphet (p) aid:Gd gd, ie ie, heat heat, baey baey, date date, ad at at - ike ike, ad had-t-had. Whoever paysmore or takes more has indulged in riba. The take ad the gie ae aike

    [i guit]. (Sahih Muslim, v. III, n. 3854; ad muad Ahad)

    Beyd the Hadith-16- Hadith-18, hee the d riba i peiiay

    etied i the peedig hadith, a additia tateet ith peii

    eeee t riba i peet: whee pay e take e ha iduged

    i riba. Thi i iptat beaue i uh hadith a peii eeee t riba

    i ade, the bai hih riba al-fadl(riba iig exee i bate/

    tade) ha bee idetiied ad deaed phibited by ay Iai ha

    ad juipudet.

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    fit, thi i t a mutawatirhadith eithe, ad thu de t yied

    etaity kedge. Hee, thee ae e pbe ith the hadith

    that petai t the additia tateet: whee pay e takee ha iduged i iba. The take ad the gie ae aike (i guit). The

    aati thi hadith ight ugget that the additia (itaiized) pat

    i a the Pphet. Hee, a suhai (1999: 63-69) ha iigy

    h i hi bk What is Riba?the additi i t the Pphet.

    Thee ae hadith i Sahih Muslim that dipute thi ae hadith

    (epted by[Ubadah ib a-Sait):

    Hadith-21: Sahih Muslim, v. III, n. 3852: Abi Qiiba epted: I

    a i syia (haig) a ie ( ied). i hih a mui b.Yai. Thee ae Abu-Ah[ath. He (the aat) aid that they (theied) aed hi: Abu-Ah[ath, Abu-Ah[ath, ad he at d. Iaid t hi: naate t u bthe the hadith [Ubadah b. a-Sait.He aid: Ye. we et ut a expediti, mu[aiyah beig theeade the pepe, ad e gaied a t pi a. Ad theea e ie utei i hat e tk a pi. mu[aiyah deed ape t e it payet t the pepe (die). The pepe adehate i gettig that. The e (thi tate aai) eahed [Ubadahb. a-Sait, ad he td up ad aid: I heard GodsMessenger (may

    peace be upon him) forbidding the sale of gold by gold, and silver by silver,and wheat by wheat, and barley by barley, and dates by dates, and salt bysalt, except like for like and equal for equal. So he who made an additionor who accepted an addition (committed the sin of taking) interest. s thepepe etued hat they had gt. Thi eahed mu[aiyah. Ad hetd up t deie a adde. He aid: What is the matter with peoplethat they narrate from the Messenger (may peace be upon him) suchtradition which we did not hear though we saw him (the Prophet) andlived in his company? Theeup, [Ubaydah b. a-Sait td up adepeated that aati, ad the aid: we i deiitey aate hate head Gd meege (ay peae be up hi) thugh it

    ay be upeaat t mu[aiyah ( he aid: Ee i it i agait hii). I d t id i I d t eai i hi tp i the dak ight.Haad aid thi ethig ike thi.

    Ideed, thee ae the aati the ae thee ad tated

    the authity the ae pai [Ubadah ib a-Sait, ithut uh

    additi.

    Hadith-22: [Ubadah aid: the Pphet Aah (p) phibited thate e gd gd, ie ie, heat heat, baey

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    baey, ad date date. (suhai, p. 66, qutig Sunan al-Nasa'i,Kitab a-Buyu[, 275)

    The ig aati ake it eae that the additi a t

    the Pphet:

    Hadith-23: mui ib Yaa ad [Abduah ib [Ubayd, h aaed Ib Huuz, aated t e that [Ubadah ib a-Sait admu[aiyah et e. [Ubadah aated t the: The Pphet (pbuh)bade u t e gd gd, ie ie, date date, heat heat, baey baey -- e the [the t aat] aid:ad at at' hie the the did t ay it -- exept quatity

    quatity ad kid kid. oe the aid: hee ieaed ught a ieae itted riba - the the [aat] did t ayit. (suhai, p. 66, qutig al-Nasa'i, Kitab a-Buyu[, 275)

    Thu, it i t a mutawatirhadith; i additi, the hadith aati haigiiat diepay ad a tateet a pai the Pphet

    a peued t be a tateet the Pphet.

    Thee i e the pbe, ad it i a atia e. A pe thee hadiththe Pphet phibited bate taati, peiyig ie/ix ditie,

    ue uh taati ee the pt ad aike i quaity ad/ quatity.

    Hee, h i the d did de exhage a ue gd exat

    quatity ad ae quaity? what ud be the atiae exhagig

    a pud ki baey athe pud ki the ae quaity? I

    the thdx piti udetadig a ideed aid, hee it ud

    ee that the Pphet peitted that taati hih pepe ud hae

    ea t dut. A peii uuay ie ethig that pepe

    d eed. I thi ae, uh pibiity appie. oy pepe id ay

    ee ud exhage a equa aut the ae quaity gd. H i

    the d the Pphet ud g t uh extet t peit uh a exhage

    that eibe pepe ud t be expeted t dut? It i a tiiaizati the Pphet' guidae, epeiay i the Quai ijuti abut ribai deiked the atiae/id (hikmah) - that i, zulm ijutie/

    expitati - peiiay etied i the Qua.

    That take u t hadith abut e aegedy-phibited taati

    i Khayba.

    Hadith-24 v.b.: f Abu sa[id ad Abu Huayah: A a epyedby the Pphet, peae be hi, i Khayba bught hi jaib

    [date ey ie quaity]. Up the Pphet akig hi hethe

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    a the date Khayba ee uh, the a epied that thi a tthe ae ad added that they exhaged a sa[ (a eaue) thi

    kid t thee ( the the kid). The Pphet, peae be hi, epied, D t d . se [the e quaity date] dihaad the ue the diha t buy jaib. [whe date ae exhagedagait date] they hud be equa i eight. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitaba-Buyu[, Bab idha aada bay[a tai bi tai khayu ihu, v.3, n. 499; a Sahih Muslim, v. III, n. 3869; Muwatta', n. 1305-1306 ad naa'i)

    Hadith-25 v..: f Abu sa[id: Bia bught t the Pphet, peae be hi, e bai [gd quaity] date heeup the Pphet akedhi hee thee ee . Bia epied, I had e iei date

    hih I exhaged thee - t sa[ a sa[. The Pphet aid,oh , thi i exatyriba. D t d , but he yu ih t buy,e the iei date agait ethig [ah] ad the buy the bettedate ith the pie yu eeie. (Sahih Muslim, Kitab a-muaqat, Baba-ta[a itha bi-ith, v. III, n. 3871; a muad Ahad)

    fit, te the diepay betee the t hadith. The it e ake

    eeee t riba at a, hie the ed da a peii eti t

    riba. A, the dig i quite dieet. The it e ay: D t d .

    Sell[the e quaity date] for dirhams and then use the dirhams to buy

    janib. [whe date ae exhaged] they should be equal in weight. I theed e, it ay: he yu ih t buy, e the iei date agait

    ethig [ah] ad the buy the bette date ith the pie yu eeie.

    obiuy, he qutig the Pphet, they ee atuay deibig

    a iidet in their own words. othe ept the ae iidet d

    t ake ay eti ith riba. Ideed, thee hadith ae t abut

    phibiti. n deiitie ui, epeiay ega, a be deied

    thee hadith. mhaed fade (fauty la, Uieity Tt) ha

    apty idetiied it a pudetia eguati (fade, 2008).10

    A bate -quaity ad bette-quaity date ay ipy ik that

    the pe eekig bette date ud t eth the tue ai aket aue

    hi -quaity pdue. Ideed, he puhaig a buye ae te

    eeded t e it epaatey i they hae a ued ehie e aue. A

    aj iaia ite expai: seig yu d a take e tie ad k-

    h, but yu a ptetiay get e ey tha he tadig it i.11

    fit te i that eithe tadig eig guaatee a highe

    aue; it i y ptetia. That i hy the ee/tade hud d hi

    hek t deteie a eaabe aket aue. It i yprudent.

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    ied a ey ipe ad uga ie, ee the u hi bead a t ieed.

    The h ud he teate that jut the ake gatiiati the

    paate, t sa[ date be exhaged ith e sa[ bette quaity date.shah waiuah muhaddith Dihai, t, ha etied the ae ea

    -peiibiity [thi type taati, aey] muratalah (suhai,

    1999: 55).

    sie eithe hadith iuded ay expiit atiae the Pphet,

    the expaati by suhai ad shah waiuah Dihai i peuatie.

    Hee, it a piby appy y t Hadith-27, hee the Pphet aked

    t big bak the date. That expaati i iadequate hadith that

    ugget eig the date it, the buyig a pe e' eed. sae tade-

    i a ehie (diued abe) hud be a hepu aagy t udetadthe pbe i thi text.

    regade, athe aj pbe exit ith riba-eated hadith

    aaiabe i the text Khayba. Ay eeee t riba iig

    phibited taati i Khayba ut hae bee a ate aeti

    ieti beaue, adig t autheti hadith, the at eeati i the

    Qua a abut riba.

    Hadith-28:Sahih al-Bukhari, v. 6, n. 67: naated Ib [Abba: The

    at vee (i the Qua) eeaed t the Pphet a the vee deaigith uuy (i.e.riba).

    Hadith-29: Sahih al-Bukhari, v. 6, n. 64: naated [A'ihah: whethe vee suah a-Baqaah egadig uuy (i.e.riba) ee eeaed,Gd Apte eited the bee the pepe ad the he phibitedthe tade ahi iqu.

    Hadith-30: Sahih al-Bukhari, v. 6, n. 66: naated [A'ihah: whethe at vee suah a-Baqaah ee eeaed, the Pphet eadthe i the mque ad phibited the tade ahi iqu.I the debt i i diiuty, gat hi tie ti it i eay hi t

    epay... (2.280).

    ctaditi peai a t hih ee ee the at e t be

    eeaed. Adig t athehadith Sahih al-Bukhari(v.6, n. 129),

    the at ee a abut a dieet ubjet. But e i ige that

    diepay i thi text, uig itead the diui abut riba

    ad Khayba.

    The batte ad quet Khayba ued i 627 AD. I the at ee

    ee ee abut riba, a etied i Hadith-28, the the eeati

    ut hae bee a e yea ate the batte/quet Khayba. Thu,

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    riba-eated phibitie ijuti ud be eted t the iidet i

    Khayba.

    Hadith-29 ad Hadith-30, a Sahih al-Bukhari, idiate aatgethe dieet aay. Adig t Hadith-29, he the ee

    eated t riba ee eeaed, the Pphet eited the ad the he

    phibited the tade ahi iqu. sethig ee i g hee. what

    d the ee abut riba hae t d ith the phibiti iqu? The

    phibiti i i suah a-ma'idah (5:90), eeaed uh eaie tha ee

    the at eeati. wa the ee phibitig iqu eeaed eea yea

    eaie tha he tadig a phibited?

    A, Hadith-30 epeated that the at ee eeaed ee abut riba

    ad ee t ad qute (2:280), but e agai, textua eti ttade phibiti ahi iqu.

    It i e k that idepead piig ie duig the ia

    phibiti itxiat igaed pubi piae. I the Tafhim

    al-Quran, sayyid Abu A[a madudi etay 5:90, the ee

    ia phibiti, expai:

    [whe] 5:90 a et d he [the Pphet] deaed, n theh pe ie, can neither drink it nor sell it. They hud, theee,

    th it aay. Adigy, it a pit i the teet a-madiah tu ateuy. se pepe, hee, aked the Hy Pphet, maye gie it a a peet t the Je? He epied, The oe h haade it uau ha a bidde t gie it a a peet (madudi,udated: 75).

    I a uabe t idepedety eiy idetiy the ue

    hih madudi tk the iati. Hee, the ae iati a

    epted a hadith abeit ithut ue eeee, i the etay

    the ae tpi i Sahih Muslim. (Muslim, 1982: 1097, n. 2400) Theee,

    the phibiti ie hae the ai ith the phibiti ahiiqu tade. Thi i bated by a hadith i Muwatta Imam Malik.

    Hadith-31:Yahya eated t e maik Zayd ib Aa thatIb waa a-misi aked [Abduah ib [Abba abut hat i queezed the gape. Ib [Abba epied, A a gae the meege Gd (pbuh) a a ate-ki ie. The meege Gd (pbuh)aid t hi, Dt yu k that Aah ha ade it haa? He aid,n. The a a at hi ide hipeed t hi. The meege Gd(pbuh) aked hat he had hipeed, ad the a epied, I td

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    hi t e it. The meege Gd (pbuh) aid, The One who madedrinking itharam has made selling itharam. The a the peed the

    ate-ki ad pued ut hat a i the . [n. 1568; a SahihMuslim, v. III, n. 3836]

    The Pphet tateet i the abe hadith i uh epaate

    phibiti tadig i ahi iqu. I thee ee e (ad pubi

    pueet it), pepe that ee ith the Pphet ud hae

    k. Thu, the hadith Khayba phibiti riba egede

    pbe. reade a ae theee hethe thee hadith

    pide u ith eiabe ad heet iati t ee the deiitia

    uaity riba, a e pepe ight be quik t ude.

    3.4. Hadih VI: theme traaio ivolvig produ (or ommodiy

    moey) of ompoie bu eparable ompoe

    Hadith-32 vI.: f fudaah ib [Ubayd a-Asai: o the day Khayba he bught a ekae gd ad pea tee dia.o epaatig the t, he ud that the gd ite a t etha tee dia. s he etied thi t the Pphet, peae be hi, h epied, It [jeeey] ut t be d uti the tet

    hae bee aued epaatey. (Muslim, Kitab a-muaqat, Bab bay[a-qiadah iha khazu a dhahab, v. III, n. 3864; a i Tiidhiad naa'i)

    we hae expaied the diiutie appyig the riba-eated

    hadith t the text Khayba. suhai ha apaby detated i

    egad t the abe hadith that hadith abut thi patiua iidet

    taati i taeabe t riba. Bth the atiae ad ituti thi

    hadith ae quite ipe. The iitiatig paty i a bate tade ight t

    eaize the u aket aue the pdut he he ihe t exhage.seig the ite ah ad the uig the ah t puhae the the

    ite iteet ud geeay appxiate ppe aket aue. Thi ha

    thig t d ith riba. suhai expai (1999: 57-58):

    Khayba a a ete Je h happeed t be ey ih. s heKhayba a queed mui gt a t bty hih iudedie ad gd ae. mui ujahid ee ued t a ipe ay ie, they did t k h t ue the ie ad gd ae, theyated t e the ae a tie ad get ah. may pepe i atd at a pie uh e tha the atua aue, that i, ie ae

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    ad aet eighig e uqiyah ee d by the t Je t thee peie, heea the eight e uqiyah i eea tie

    e tha t thee dia.whe the Pphet ae t k that the ujahid ee aeeyeig the bty, ad that t t the queed ad deeitu Je, hedeed that the Gd-gie eath hud t be quadeed ike that,that at eat they hud t e a pie e tha that it eight.

    I uh text, epaatig ekae (ith gete) ad gd i

    expeted t eth bette aue the mui ee. By the ay, theehadith

    ae t mutawatireithe ad thu d t guaatee etaity kedge.

    IV. Defiiio or coudrum? the Iue of[illah

    neay itee etuie ate the Pphet, mui ae ti aguig hethe

    the Taaih paye raada i tety uit eight uit, hethe

    amin hud be pke aud i gegatia paye. seh t ake

    a bd ai that hie the Qua de t deie hat i the phibited

    riba, but hadith d deie riba, epeiay t be appied t u tepay

    text, beie the hitia egay u hahip. De itati

    eeat hadith hep deie the pe the phibiti i de tie,

    de it athe add t a idabe udu?I de t pehed the atue ad the extet the pbe, it

    i iptat t ee t qiyas(aagia eaig/deduti), the uth

    ue Iai juipudee. Epeiay i ae dy atte qiyas

    geeay yied etaity kedge a it eut i peuatie (zanni),

    due t aibe hua itepetati.

    The ue a etabihed byqiyasi pbabe (zanni), geeay theaue the ue a deteied the bai qiyasad peed

    byijtihadhae bee ud pbabe (maznunah) ate a geea uey uh eaig. Hee qiyas does not entail certainty(qat[).14

    sie i thi text eade hud be aiia ith qiyas, ad I hae

    deted e hapte15 t a bad, itduty eie qiyas, ith

    detaied aayi e pbeati iue, thee i pe i thi eay

    t dee it the ae. let u hee dea ith [illah, a e apet qiyas.

    Tehiay, qiyas i the extei shai[ah aue a igiaae, asl, t a e ae, beaue the atte ha the ae eetie

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    aue a the e. ... The ai phee the peati hua judget i qiya i the idetiiati a [iah betee

    the igia ad the e ae. oe the [iah i idetiied, the ue aagy the eeitate that the uig the gie text be edithut ay iteeee hage. (Kaai, 2003: 264-265)

    It i iptat t keep i id that qiyasi eetiayspeculative.

    The juit h et t qiya take it gated that the ue shai[ah etai bjetie (aqasid) that ae i hay ithea. A atia appah t the diey ad idetiiati the bjetie ad iteti the lagie eeitate eue thua iteet ad judgeet i the eauati ahka. ... siea equiy it the aue ad bjetie diie ijuti teie a eaue juiti peuati, the ppet qiya haequetied it eetia aidity. Thei aguet i that the a ut bebaed etaity, heea qiya i agey peuatie ad upeuu.... It i e agai i egiti thi eeet uetaity iqiya that the[ulama of all the juristic schools have ranked qiyas as aspeculative evidence. (Kaai, 2003: 267)

    f a epitegia pit ie, the t iptat eatue the judgeet uded thugh aagy by[iah i thei beigdiputabe. Thi eut t y the at that the [iah, by ea hih thee judget ae aied at, a ee be uy etabihed h t be tue, theee giig ie t dieet epti a that titute a ppe aeptabe [iah. (shehaby, 1982: 42)

    The aia ha Ia hae deat ith the pbe appyig

    the hadith abut hat they idetiy a riba al-fadl, riba appied t a ube

    ae/bate taati. whe tuig t qiyas, they had t pe ut

    a appied udetadig the [illah (eetie eiiet aue; ratio

    decidendi) the phibiti i de t aetai hethe the phibiti

    pe a age tha hat the hadith utied. Aye h tedthat hadith atuay pe ut the phibiti ut a pae the haege

    i pepetie, ie ee the aia ha a e a the epetie

    madhahib h juipudee hae bee uabe t ee it. (Ai,

    udated)

    The hadith i queti idetiy ix ditie: baey, date, heat,

    at, gd ad ie. The it iue i hethe the phibited riba hud be

    iited t thee ditie. TheZahii, a iteait h, d t egize

    qiyasa a aid ethdgy Iai juipudee. Thei ui i

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    ipe. The phibiti riba appie y t the ix ditie peiied

    by the Pphet. n e ha the authity t add t the it.

    o the bai the ix ditie eueated by the Pphet theeaie athe queti: hy y thee ix ditie ee aed?Thee ee the thig a that ee bateed i Aabia bth i kidad edit, uh a, ae, d, au, the etc. The Pphetud hae aed the thig a e. Fuqaha hae gie dieetae t thi queti:

    Daud a-Zahii ad the Zahiite pie that thee i riba y ithee ix thig, i.e., baey, heat, date, at, gd ad ie, ad theei riba i the eaiig thig.

    The y atia bjeti t thi pii i that ie, pue, ugahae the ae quaitie that ae ud i baey ad heat etc., thehy i thee riba i the? Thi i the ea hy the uqaha hae

    ked the ea. (suhai, 1999: 88)

    Zahii ake a iptat pit hee. I the Pphet eat thee ix

    thig t be y exape hih t dedue a udeyig ue, hee

    i ayhadith that eate t the ix ditie i that idiated? wud it

    t hae bee bette i jut e t, pehap a idiatie expei -

    uh a, exape, like- ee ued?16

    The u thdx h akedge qiyasa a aid ethdgia

    t Iai juipudee. cequety, they tie t id eetie aue

    [illah t idetiy additia e ituati, t hih the phibiti ay

    appy. Iteetigy, u h eah thee ( u) dieet ui.

    Adig t Ia shai[i, edibility i the aue riba i the itu the etied atie, ad valuability[beaig a aue] i theea i the eaiig t.

    Thee ae t bjeti t thi deiiti: thee ae ay the thighih hae edibiity uh a eat, egetabe, uit, ik. The hydid the Pphet t eti the?sedy, ea thee ix thig ha bee etied.otheie eeythig ha e the dititie quaity. (suhai,1999: 88)

    Itead edibility ad valuability, Haai h ha a atgethe-

    dieet [Illah.

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    I de t eiiate thee bjeti [t shai[i piti], Haaiuqaha taed a eatue i the ix ditie, that i,

    measurabilityad weighbility, ad hed thi t be the ea riba.But the aay thi appah i biu that it de t equieuh aguet. we adit that the ix ditie ee dby eight by eaue, but thi eatue hud haeethig ith riba. The gi hee i thi: a aebidde ad a ae bak, the bak u i the ea phibiti! (suhai, 1999: 88)

    H uh diegee ag thee h juipudee hud

    exit i idetiyig the [lllah the phibiti riba? The maiki sh

    die bth shai[i ad Haai; it ide ethig ee a the[Illah.

    I the pii Ia maik, thee i riba i storable [non-perishable]ediblesy ad thee i riba i ay the dity. A gdad ie etied i the hadith, it i eday, that i, i ite iti t a aue riba but a they ae ued a a ea t buy tabe[-peihabe] edibe they hae bee etied i the hadith aa ea t buy -peihabe edibe. (suhai, 1999: 88-89)

    A the Habai sh, it piti i iia t the shai[i (Ai, u.d.).mhaad obaiduah, a Iai eit ad a pte

    Iai iae, attept t peet the dieity pii i e

    de te. Hee, the dieity i ti biu. reade hud da

    thei ui hethe thi diiget eah [illah (eetie eiiet

    aue) ead t a guet deiiti t, jut a Tha (2006) bdy

    aied.

    The shai[i h iqh ide the eiiet aue ([iah) i ae

    gd ad ie t be thei ppety beig uey (thaaiyya) the ediu exhage, uit aut ad te aue.Hee, the eiiet aue ([iah) beig uey (thaaiyya) ipeii t gd ad ie, ad at be geeaized. That i, ay thebjet, i ued a a ediu exhage, at be iuded i theiategy. Hee, adig t thi ei, the shai[ah ijuti iba phibiti ae t appiabe t pape ueie. The maikiie a ide the eiiet aue ([iah) i ae gd ad iet be thei ppety beig uey (thaaiyya) the ediu exhage, uit aut ad te aue. Hee, adig tthi ie, ee i pape eathe i ade the ediu exhage ad

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    i gie the tatu uey, the a the ue petaiig t aqday, gd ad ie appy t the. Thu, adig t thi ie, exhage

    iig ueie dieet utie at a ate dieet uityi peiibe, but ut be etted a pt bai. A a a the Habaiie i eed, dieet ei attibuted t Ahad Ib Habahae bee eded a dueted i a-mughi by b Qudaah. Theit ei i iia t the Haai ei hie the ed ei ie t the shai[i ad maiki ei. (obaiduah, 1999: 7)

    A, eeat i thi text i The Text of the Historic Judgement on

    Interest by the supee cut Pakita, a eeat pat hih a

    authed by Jutie/muti muhaad Taqi Uai. Uai i e

    the eadig eigiu expet Iai iae ad uh ught ateby Iai iaia itituti thei shai[ah Bad. I the Historic

    Judgement, he idetiie exe e piipe a the [illah.

    ... [T]he appiati a a deped the Iat ad t the Hikat.

    ... The Iat (the bai eatue) hih the phibiti i baed i theexe aied e ad abe the piipa i a taati a,ad a a thi Iat i peet, the phibiti i egade hethe the phiphy the a i i t iibe i a patiuataati.17

    seea pit t be ted. fit,[illah hee i ategiay deiked

    hikmah udeyig id/atiae. It i athe a dageu

    ppiti, eetig a puey egaiti appah. A, quite typia

    ay eigiu ha, muti Uai diue the dieee betee

    [illah ad hikmah ithut etiig that hi aayi eet y the

    Haai ad shai[i piti, but t maiki ad Habai piti.

    The ajity ie aitai that the ue shai[ah ae uded

    thei aue ([ilal), t i thei bjetie (hikam). f thi, it ud that a hukm shar[i i peet ee i it [illah i t, ad hukmshar[ii abet i the abee it [illah ee i it hikmah i peet.The juit ad the judge ut theee ee the a heee itiah i k t exit egade it hikmah...

    The maiki ad the Habai, the the had, d t da aydititi betee the [illah ad the hikmah. I thei ie, thehikah ai t attat a eidet beeit peetig a eidetha, ad thi i the utiate bjetie the a. whe, exape,the a a the ik t t bee the at, the hikah i the

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    peeti hadhip t the. likeie the hikmah etaiati(qiyas) i deibeate hiide, the hadd peaty i thet, i t

    ptet the ie ad ppetie the pepe. sie the eaiati beeit (maslahah) ad peeti ha (mafsadah) i the baipupe a the ue shai[ah, it ud be ppe t bae aaagy the hikmah...

    The Haai ad the shai[i, hee, aitai that [illah ut bebth eidet ad tat. I thei ie the [illah eue the hikmaht the tie but t aay. (Kaai, 2003: 276-277)

    Thu, the piti that muti Uai atiuate i eetiayHaai

    ad shai[i athugh he did t die it i the Historic Judgement. The

    tedey t deik the ijuti thei hikmah te a eigiu-

    dgati idet. Ideed, e ha hae h aei t eeah

    the id atiae behid ay ijuti. A-shatibi, a piet

    Iai ha the 14th etuy AD, ideed uh eah epugat

    i the text e' ieity t bey Gd.

    A-shatibi ugget that e hud t k t the tie adbjetie the ijuti. A beiee hud uede hie tthe i Gd. The diie ijuti, ae, i at, the aietati

    the diie i. He peued that kig t the tie adpupe ijuti i epugat t ieity i the bediee tGd. Thi i beaue he abide by a ue a the ake it tiead t the ake Gd.18

    sedy, the [illah i deied a exe aied e ad abe the

    piipa i a taati a. Hee, e hadith tadit

    the deiiti ie the Pphet hie paid a u i additi t the

    piipa. we ited eaie, Every a that attat a beeit/adatage i

    riba (ee Hadith 6-Hadith 8 abe).

    A thid ad quite iuiatig apet i a iutati muti

    Uai, hih i that ha aguet a be ued ee by

    eadig et authitie. Uai expai hy zulm (ijutie

    ppei) at be aepted a [illah.

    The piipe i that the appiati a a deped the [Iat adt the Hikat. I the d, i the [Iat (the bai eatue thetaati) i peet i a patiua ituati hie the Hikat (theid) i t iuaized, the a i ti be appiabe. Thi piipe

    i egized i the eua a a. let u take a ipe exape.

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    The a ha ade it puy the ehie uig the adt tp he the ed teet ight i . The [Iat thi a i the ed

    ight, hie the Hikat i t aid the hae aidet. n, thea i be appiabe heee the ed ight i ; it appiati it deped hethe t thee i a appehei a aidet.Theee, if the red light is on, every vehicle must stop, even though theroads of both sides have no other traffic at all. (Uai, eti 119)

    let u eauate the exape ed ight a [illah. Ye, the a equie a

    ehie t tp ed ight, ee he the ide hae tai. Hee,

    he thi ue (ad it i a iptat, geeay ie-aig ue) i deiked

    hikmah (id) the ie-aig ue a a bee ie-aiig.

    suppe a ehie ha tpped at ed ight ad thee i the tai.Hee, a tad i ight behid the tpped ehie. [Illah (deiked

    id), a uditiay tated by muti Uai, ud idiate

    that the ehie ti ut ait. Peid. Hee, [illah (ti eted ith

    the id) ud ditate that the ehie ige the ed ight (ee at the

    t a tai itati). I the ed ight a take eiuy, the ude

    etai iutae the ie-aig ed-ight ud a be ie-aiig.

    I uh a [illah ud be idetiied ehaia appiati (ithut

    ay hua judgeet id adig exibiity) it ud be t

    ee. Hee, thi i peiey hee egai ai u by iitig uh ehaia, peie, iaiabe [illah.

    futhy, uig thi [illah ad hikmah dititi he ake athe

    aguet that udeie the ey Quai ept jutie ([adalah).

    ... ate phibitig the taati riba, the Hy Qua haetied the Zulm a a Hikmat a phiphy the phibiti,but it de t ea that phibiti i t be appiabe i theeeet Zulm appea t be iig i a patiua ae. The [Illat

    (the bai eatue) hih the phibiti i baed i the exeaied e ad abe the piipa i a taati a, ad a a thi [Illat i peet, the phibiti i egade hethe the phiphy the a i i t iibe i a patiuataati. (Uai, seti 120)

    Ay eatie te hih i abiguu i atue at be hed t bethe [Iat a patiua a beaue it exitee beig ueptibet dubt ad dipute, it ud deeat the ey pupe the a.TheZulm (Injustice) is a relative and rather ambiguous term the exactdefinition of which is very difficult to ascertain. Every person may have his

    own view about what is or what is notZulm. (Uai, seti121

    )

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    I thi aeet the ti jutie/aie ([adalah) i et,

    the the pitie Iai ept jutie a etied i the Qua

    ud e utia eeae. The Qua ategiay a jutie ae it haak piipe ad aue.

    o ye h beiee! Stand out firmly for justice, a itee t Gd,ee a agait yuee, yu paet, yu ki, ad hetheit be (agait) ih p: Gd a bet ptet bth. f tthe ut ( yu heat), et ye ee, ad i ye ditt (jutie) deie t d jutie, eiy Gd i e-aquaited ith a that ye d.(Qua, 4; 135)

    o ye h beiee! Stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing,ad et t the hated the t yu ake yu ee t g addepat jutie. Be jut: that i ext t piety: ad ea Gd. f Gdi e-aquaited ith a that ye d. (Qua, 5: 8)

    The Quai a jutie peupped pepe udetadig

    the d. I jutie ( ijutie) hud be euie, abiguu relative,

    the ai a bee auu. muti Uai ight t hae ideed

    uh aiiati he itig the Historic Judgement.

    fith, ith qiyasa a ethdgy hua eaig, the eah

    [illah a it pat i iheety peuatie. Hee, Uai piti i

    typiay-thdx: the deteiati [illah i abitay. I the Qua,

    the piipe i expiated: wa in tubtum fa-lakum ruusu amwalikum

    la tazlimuna wa-la tuzlamun; hih ea: (a) i ye tu bak, ye ha

    hae yu apita u: (b) Deal not unjustly, and ye shall not be dealt with

    unjustly.(Qua, 2: 279). Hee, pat (a) i egized a [illah, deikig

    it ith (b). Thi appah i uaeptabe.

    Juit ... geeay d t diu hy e pe ud at t ea eaue heat a equa eaue heat, patiuay a-the-pt bai. It ee that the iteded eaig the haditha t ey ea ee t ay juit. f itae, e juitthught that the phibiti riba i hat ae t k a ibaa-ad (riba iig a exe i e the uteaue etiedi the hadith) a t be beed ad pied ith ... without probinginto the reasons for the prohibition. f thee juit, a epted by rida,the pupe the phibiti iba a-ad a t peheibebut ti had t be pied ith.

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    Thi ui ag juit appea t hae bee due t thei ttadiegad the atiae (hikah) the phibiti riba. (saeed,

    1996: 32)

    ntaby, the ea hy the ha hae egaded hikmah a i

    ad uiptat appea t be that the [illah ud be ued bjetiey ad

    eaiy ... a deii aied at the bai [iah ud eai iutabe'

    (saeed, 1996: 32). Hee, the ute the deikig [illah (eiiet

    aue) ad hikmah (atiae/id) ed t izeabe diageeet a t

    h t appyqiyast riba, epeiay i riba al-fadl. Ideed, ui

    aiu h ae te eakaby dieget/tadity.

    The iadequay the [illa appah i gaigy biu i thediui riba i bth the eay ad the de peid. I theae riba a phibited i the ua itae, eah h aaied at a [illa hih had thig t d ith the iutae the taati, the patie theet, the iptae thedity t the uia iety. Thee a ephai thea apet. Thi appah, hih ud be deibed a upeiiaad deid a ad huaitaia ideati, ed t eaazig ui by eea juit. ci ike i (te: a uit uey ade a eta hih i t gd ie ad a ued ie pat the mui d), itae, did t ie riba,adig t shai[i. Thu, e huded i ud be exhaged t huded eithe the pt a deeed deiey bai. I thii aitaied, the biuy tday iat [i.e. pape] ey uda be put i thi ategy, ie it i eithe gd ie uey.cditie hih ee utabe, ike appe egg, did t ieriba, ad hee ud be exhaged e e, adig t e

    juit. A piee th ud be exhaged t piee the aequaity ad eaue ie it a eithe uey eauabe eighabe', a dtu '. A dity t hih the [illadid

    t appy ud t be ueptibe t riba (a ibai) hatee theiptae that dity t the e-beig the uity. ...

    The ak a ephai i the juiti itepetati riba haa ed t e the utuate deepet a i the ae riba-eated hiya. f the ediea peid t the peet day, it ha beepibe t adae a at exbitat ate iteet uig ititiutaati. siiay, the ix ditie ad the gd ikey tie riba ud be exhaged. may juit ud t egad uhat a epeheibe ie they ae peety i ie ith thei egaitithikig. Thee juit ad geate iptae t the ega

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    the taati tha t the a equee. A g a thetaati iteay de t a it the deiiti riba, a pided

    by eah h a, the taati ud t be egaded a uh.(saeed, 1996: 37-38)

    ceay, the h egad edibiity a [illah d t ide a piee

    th a ubjet t riba. f the, egg, appe, hii peppe, i ud be

    eed byriba due t thei edibiity. Hee, the maiki, thee iteud t be ubjet t riba beaue thee ae nottabe (-peihabe)

    edibe.

    Thee pbe ae beaue mui juit i geea ee t

    iteeted abut the ea the igia [illah.

    It hud be ade ea at the utet that the he, muiega theit ee t baiay iteeted i aayzig the ay dieig the ea hy a etai judiia judget a tated.rathe they ee kig e ethdgia ue that udhep the i deidig hethe t aept ejet a gie [illa.(shehaby, 1982: 37)

    Ae e, thu, bette uig [illah ithut eeee t hikmah(atiae/id), a atiuated by muti Uai i the Historic Judgement?

    Ae e e t a deiiti, a aied by Tha? fazu raha, a

    eiet ha the tetieth etuy, apty uaized the idig

    hi thugh aayi the hadith abut riba: I ht, attept tdeie riba i the ight Hadith ha bee a ueu (raha, 1964:20). o ue, e hae t yet added the hadith that y add t thediiuty deiig ay iteia [illah. f exape:

    naated sa[id ib Zayd: The Pphet aid: The t peaet kid uuy (riba) i gig t egth i takig ujuty agait a mui'

    hu. (Sunan Abu Dawud, v. 3, n. 4858)19

    Thi hadith aat e beati. oe the u yth abut

    the hadith ited eaie a Thee i taditi i ayhadith. I the

    ae eti Abu Daud, the ey ext hadith aate exaty the

    ae iue, but ithut ay eeee t riba.

    Abu Huayah epted the Apte Gd a ayig: Ag thegaet i (akbar al-kabirah) i gig t egth i takig ujutyagait a mui hu (Sunan Abu Dawud, v. 3, n. 4859)

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    ntaby, the t hadith #4858 ad #4859 die the eti riba

    the ak thee. suh dieee ede quite diiut the tak t da

    deiitie ega ui abut a atte a iptat a riba, ie itiude depyet itepetie, peuatie t uh a qiyas.

    The eaity qiyasa appied t riba i eah the [illah (eiiet

    aue) expe the udaeta pita ith the taditia appah that

    ha badeed the pe riba thughut hity. Zaki a-Di Badai

    et u it up. A ted Egyptia ha i tetieth etuy, Zaki

    a the it t hd a ie iia t sahui, i the -thdx

    taditi muhaad [Abduh, rahid rida et al. He etated hi

    piti ate ad etued t the thdx piti ith bad pe

    phibiti riba hih iuded iteet a i de tie.neethee, ate eauatig the itig piti aiu h

    [illah riba, Badai adit:

    ... [T]he udeyig aue deteied by the juit, h uphd [theaidity ] aagy, collapsed uig the teigy Ib ruhd,the phiphe at i thei etiety. The ea i that ty did the juit eah h ae bak ay eegy i itiizigad demolishingthe aue deteied by the the, but the Zahiieuted the aguet t. (Badai, 2008:189)

    Ideed, aiue t etabih a uique [illah beae a tet ae qiyas

    a a ethdgia t, a it i eay a pbabiiti t. [Illah a a t

    ipy did t k i ae riba.

    se the ade a et t expai the ea thi aiatiith epet t the [illah riba. Thu, a-muqbai ay i a-Bah,The phibiti ha aiu ea. The uay hi tateeti: It exit eithe a eaig ud i the ae bjet hih thehuk ha bee aid d, ad thee i bai a diageeet i

    thi, but the queti hee i hethe thi eaig i idiated by aeidee that iprobable? They did t e up ith a eidee thi, but agued the bai the pe eiiati (sabr). Thii ike ayig that the [illah i thi a e a thi, ad the deaig aa iaid, exept e, hih i deteied t be the [illah. It i ek that hi ethd yied eey a pbabe [illah. The igiaue peatig i that thee i [illah ad it i beieed that theshai[ah de ay d a [illah a a he, but a g a thee i eidee pitig t a [illah it i aut t itua [t-atia]bediee, beaue thi i the eaig thee beig a [illah ad t

    that it ha [illah at a. (Badai, 2008: 189-190)

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    The ai that iteet i phibited a pe the Quai phibiti

    exe e the piipa ithut ideati Dea t ujuty,

    ad ye ha t be deat ith ujuty - bth i the ae ee - iutatea ehaia ad egaiti appah; it aet that the juit ae t appy

    [illah ithut egad t atiae id. Thu, hie the thdx

    expet Iai iae ad bakig, aed ith the ijutie ad

    expitati aguet, utiey e piu tateet abut Ia

    phibiti riba (ad iteet, a pat the riba-iteet edutii),

    t the bth iue ijutie ad expitati - bee iateia

    ieeat t the i te appiati (faq, 2007).

    V. coluio

    The iited pupe thi eay i t expe hethe the y ited

    hadith t deie riba hd up a aied. whie the Quai phibiti

    a be eaiy udetd i the ae riba al-jahiliyyah, ad the atiae

    it i biu, it i ideed a dautig tak t utiize a the ited hadith t

    deie riba ad t bade it pe, i patiua, t ted that a

    iteet (iudig iteet i a petitie, eguated eiet) i

    a de ey ae phibited. let it i iudetd, the pupe

    thi eay i t t ague that iteet i de bakig i peiibe

    i a baket ae; athe, it i t iuiate the haege i deiig riba

    based on hadith and the anomalous outcomes that traditional scholarship has

    produced.

    reade ight eebe that Tha, a expet i Iai iae,

    aeted that thee ix hadith deie hat i phibited a riba. o ue,

    t jut Tha, but a the thdx ue thee hadith t deie riba. But

    i ie thi aayi, et the eade deide hethe thee hadith hud

    pe ut the phibiti tepaiy. A thi eay detate,

    ideig a the y ited, eeath

    adithin defining riba

    , theeee t be e a udu tha a deiiti.

    Notes

    1. IBfet meage #5047, Aaiabe at: , Ae date: 3d Jue, 2008.

    2. IBfe meage #5078, Aaiabe at: , Ae date: 3d Jue, 2008.

    3. f a detaied diui abut thee yth a e a mutawatir/ahadaiiatihadith ad t appeiate bette the tet hee, ee the hapte Iai la adthe Ue ad Abue Hadith i faq (2008b, thig).

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    4. Haddad, qutig Ib Haja hi al-Qawl al-Musaddad fil-Dhabb [an Musnadal-Imam Ahmad(pubihed by shaykh Ahad shaki i hi editi the Musnad).

    5. Taatig iguy authetiated sahih i athe a eet patie. reputabe

    ha ad aadei i thei k hae aey ued uh e peuptuuytaated te. Thee ae ee e additia pbe ith the uage uhtaati that appea ty i -hay k. The h hae beguuig it d t pide ay atiae uig e taati, itead the tey ued by the ha. f e, ee mhaad oa faq, Sahih ariguy authetiated ad Haa a Authetiated': Uaated taatiad eatig ipeepti [Upubihed eay, IBfet, eage #5722, nebe21, 2006, aeed Jue 3, 2008 at http://iae.gup.yah./gup/ibet/eage/5722]

    6. A-[Aqaai, a-Haiz Ahad Ib Haja, Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al Ahkam,(utiithed ateia, I 25), quted i Ead H. Khai, A oeie the sha i[ahphibiti riba, i Tha, p. 67, 38. A iiay epted aati i Ib[Abidi, Radd al-Muhtar, sharh tanwir al-absar, Kitab a-buyu[, Bab a-uabahaha-taiyah (Beiut: Da a-Kutub a-[iiyyah, 1994, . 7, pp. 294 (ed.), quted isuhai, p. 83. f e detai, ee faq, 2007.

    7. muti Uai quted thi i the The Text the Hiti Judgeet Iteet(ite n. 101), hie akedgig that thi i a diputed hadith at bet (n.102-n.103).

    8. Quite iteetigy, hie thee ae quite a e hadith abut qard (a) i hadith,thee de t ee t be ayhadith eeig t qardhasan, the expei i theQua. my eah i al-Mu[jam al-Mufahras li-alfazal-Hadith, the dae ie aj hadith eti (Bukhai, mui, Abu Daud, naa'i, Tiidhi, Ibmajah, muatta', muad Ahad ad Daii), did t tu up ay eti qard

    hasan. why de the Qua ee t qardhasan, but the expei de t ui hadith? oe pauibe ea i that qard i uh bade tha qardhasan. whieay exe payet qardhasan (a haitabe a beeee) de t akeay ee, ad thu the phibiti ay exe i quite eaiguy eed ithe Qua, the ae ay t appy t qard i geea. f e detai, ee faq,2008a.

    9. saeed, p. 30, qutig rahid rida, al-Riba wa'al-Mu[amalat fil-Islam, cai: maktabata-Qahiah, 1959, p. 11.

    10. A, ee IBfet eage #5773, Aaiabe at: , Ae date: 3d Jue, 2008.

    11. Aaiabe at Bakate. ebite , Ae date: 3d Jue, 2008.

    12. f a expaati, ee wikipedia, Aaiabe at: , Ae date: 3d Jue, 2008.

    13. IBfet eage #5840, Aaiabe at: , Ae date: 3d Jue, 2008.

    14. Haa (1986), pp. 24-25, eeig t Bah a-[Uu, Fawatih al-Rahamut, Baghdad,1970, II, 249.

    15. see the hapte Qiya (Aagia reaig) ad se Pbeati Iue i Iaia i faq, 2008b.

    16. It i agued that, ee ith the aidity qiyasa a ue Iai juipudeeaepted, extedig the phibiti beyd the ix ditie ay iate e the diti aid qiya. The ith diti the aidity qiya i that thedig a the igia ae hud t be haged ate the auati. The

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    ea i that a textua ijuti i pi t qiya i epet ette ad piit. Qiya it aid i the peee a textua a. siiay, it i t aid i the d the a the igia ae ae haged. ... [ exape] ... The Pphet ha aed t ki y

    ie eptie peiied by hi ithi the peie haa (aed teity at mea).The aagy thee eptie at be exteded t the aia beaue the auatihage the d the text. A uh, the ube aia exepted by the Ppheti be e tha ie. Hee thi at be aed. (Haa, 1986, p. 23)

    17. muhaad Taqi Uai. see the eget Bai aue phibiti.18. Haa, 1986, p. 164; qutig a-shatibi, al-Muwafaqat, Tui, 1302 AH, I, 125, 130-31.19. The text i the igia Aabi bk i: Ia aba a-iba a-ititaah i[id a-ui

    bi-ghay haqq. (v. II, #4876. Aabi Abu Daud i a t-ue eti, hiethe Egih taati i i thee ue.)

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