What is usury (riba), and what are the verses prohibiting it and its punishment in Islam?
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Usury results in the destruction of blessings in this world and severe torment in the Hereafter. Allah Almighty says: (Allah destroys usury and gives increase for charities). And concerning those who do not repent in this world, Allah Almighty says: (And if you do not, then be informed of a war from Allah and His Messenger). It has been narrated in a that the usurer will be tormented by swimming in a sea of blood, and whenever he approaches the edge, a man will throw a stone into his mouth.
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