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Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 11 Ninth Greater Sin: Usury The Reward of Giving a Loan is More than that of Sadaqah
Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 11 Ninth Greater Sin: Usury The Reward of Giving a Loan is More than that of Sadaqah
The Reward of Giving a Loan is More than that of Sadaqah
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The Reward of Giving a Loan is More than that of Sadaqah
One who takes interest is deprived of the rewards that are prescribed for giving a goodly loan. If there are ten merits in giving Sadaqah, the interest-free loan has eighteen merits. An interest-free loan is therefore more rewarding than Sadaqah in the way of Allah (S.w.T.). A person who gives respite to his debtors and does not take interest is given a reward that is equivalent to charity of the said amount every day for the number of days that he extends. It is evident that the usurer does not qualify for such rewards. In fact he is afflicted with miserliness and greed, which only increase day by day. Surely the result of miserliness and greed is Hell.
