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ثبت عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم (( أنه لعن آكل الربا وموكله وكاتبه وشاهديه وقال : " هم سواء " )) أخرجه مسلم في صحيحه cursed the accepter of usury and its payer, and one who records it, and the two witnesses, and he said: They are all equal

I dont know how people can justify it, and by people I mean people who are Muslim, say things like "boycott American/Danish products", and act all holy and righteous. Those people would always patronize and take the high ground, yet, you find out they are taking usury loans from banks usury banks. I don't know how they can justify Riba? Is it possible that they do not know how sinful this is? Or may be they do but they "really needed the money to buy a 2008 car". Hypocrites! يقول أكرم الخلق سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم لعن الله آكل الربا ومؤكله وشاهديه وكاتبه رواه أحمد، وأبو داود، والترمذي وصححه، والنسائي، وابن ماجة