' "'On the night in which I was taken on the Night Journey (Al-Isra'), I came to people whose stomachs were like houses, in which there were snakes that could be seen from outside their stomachs. I said: 'Who are these, O Jibra’il?’ He said: 'They are the ones who consumed usury."'  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَيْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي عَلَى قَوْمٍ بُطُونُهُمْ كَالْبُيُوتِ فِيهَا الْحَيَّاتُ تُرَى مِنْ خَارِجِ بُطُونِهِمْ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلاَءِ يَا جِبْرَائِيلُ قَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ أَكَلَةُ الرِّبَا  

"There are seventy degrees of usury, the least of which is equivalent to a man having intercourse with his mother."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الرِّبَا سَبْعُونَ حُوبًا أَيْسَرُهَا أَنْ يَنْكِحَ الرَّجُلُ أُمَّهُ  

"There are seventy-three degrees of usury."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الرِّبَا ثَلاَثَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ بَابًا  

"The last thing to be revealed was the Verse on usury but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died before he had explained it to us. So give up usury (interest) and doubtful things."  

إِنَّ آخِرَ مَا نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الرِّبَا وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُبِضَ وَلَمْ يُفَسِّرْهَا لَنَا فَدَعُوا الرِّبَا وَالرِّيبَةَ  

Xthe Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who consumes usury, the one who pays it, those who witness it and the one who writes it down.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ آكِلَ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلَهُ وَشَاهِدَيْهِ وَكَاتِبَهُ  

“There will come a time when there will be no one left who does not consume usury (interest), and whoever does not consume it will nevertheless be affected by it."'  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ لاَ يَبْقَى مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ أَكَلَ الرِّبَا فَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْ غُبَارِهِ  

"There is no one who deals in usury a great deal (to increase his wealth) but he will end up with little (i.e., his wealth will be decreased)."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِلاَّ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ أَمْرِهِ إِلَى قِلَّةٍ