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ibnmajah:2279 – al-ʿAbbās b. Jaʿfar > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Yaḥyá b. Abū Zāʾidah > Isrāʾīl > Rukayn b. al-Rabīʿ b. ʿAmīlah from his father > Ibn Masʿūd

"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)."  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ رُكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ عَمِيلَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

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

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hakim:7892 – ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar b. Darastawayh > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Aws al-Wāsiṭī > Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > Isrāʾīl > al-Rukayn b. al-Rabīʿ b. ʿAmīlah from his father > Ibn Masʿūd

"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)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2279)  

الحاكم:٧٨٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ دَرَسْتَوَيْهِ ثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَوْسٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الرُّكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ عَمِيلَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا أَكْثَرَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِلَّا كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ أَمْرِهِ إِلَى قُلٍّ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح
tabarani:10539 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn al-Wāsiṭī > Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > Isrāʾīl > al-Rukayn b. al-Rabīʿ from his father > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The increase of riba (usury/interest) will only lead to decrease in wealth."  

الطبراني:١٠٥٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الرُّكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا كَثُرَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِلَّا كَانَ عَاقِبَتُهُ إِلَى قِلَّةٍ»