RIBA LEADS TO FASAD
Surah al-Rum
went on to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between riba
and fasad. Riba leads to fasad. Fasad is a
comprehensive term which stands for all of the following: rottenness,
spoiledness, corruption, decay, decomposition,
putrefaction, putridity, depravity, wickedness, viciousness,
iniquity, immorality, weakness, pervertedness,
wrongness, incorrectness, etc. We noted earlier that riba
was introduced by name in the Qur‘an for the first time in verse 39 of Surah
al-Rum (quoted above). Immediately thereafter, in verse 41, Allah the Most
High, delivered the following ominous warning:
Corruption has
appeared an land and sea because of that which the hands of men have earned;
That Allah may give them a taste of (the consequences of) some of their deeds,
in order that they may turn away from evil
(Qur’an; al-Rum-30:41)
The implication of this verse
is clear. It warn of the consequences of riba. Corruption. Anarchy,
violence, etc. will bring havoc upon such societies. The cities of Karachi in
Pakistan and Harlem in upper Manhattan are classic examples of the violence
which is bred by riba!
to be continued . . . .
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