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Does the Hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, "The demise of my nation will be by stabbing and plague, and the pricking of your enemies from among the jinn, and in every martyrdom," explain verse 275 of Surat Al-Baqarah, which describes the state of those who consume usury?

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Two hadiths indicate that the demise of the Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ ummah will be by stabbing and plague, and that the plague is "the sting of your enemies from the jinn." The other hadith describes the plague as "a gland like a camel's gland, appearing in the armpits and groins." As for the one who consumes riba (usury), he will rise on the Day of Resurrection "like one tormented by Satan's touch"; meaning he will be resurrected like a madman as a punishment for him and an abomination among the people of the gathering, serving as a distinguishing mark for them on the Day of Resurrection. Thus, mass (touch/possession) is possession and epilepsy, not plague, and the verse likens the state of the one who consumes riba on the Day of Resurrection to the state of an epileptic.

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