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Sunan Ibn Majah 2274

Chapter: Emphatic Prohibitions Of Usury

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2274

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ الرِّبَا سَبْعُونَ حُوبًا أَيْسَرُهَا أَنْ يَنْكِحَ الرَّجُلُ أُمَّهُ ‏"

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

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

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2274).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( سَبْعُونَ حُوبًا ) بِضَمِّ الْحَاء الْمُهْمَلَة الْإِثْم وَالْمُرَاد إِنَّهَا سَبْعُونَ نَوْعًا مِنْ الْإِثْم وَالْمُرَاد التَّكْثِير دُون التَّحْدِيد وَبِهِ يَظْهَرُ التَّوْفِيق بَيْن هَذَا الْحَدِيث وَالْحَدِيث الْآتِي ( أَيْسَرُهَا ) أَيْ أَخَفُّ تَلِك الْآثَام إِثْمُ نِكَاح الرَّجُل أُمّه وَالْمُرَاد بِهِ الْعَقْد أَوْ الْجِمَاع فَالْحَدِيث يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ الرِّبَا أَشَدّ مِنْ الزِّنَا وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده نُجَيْح بْن عَبْد الرَّحْمَن أَبُو مَعْشَر مُتَّفَق عَلَى تَضْعِيفه.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2274
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2274
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2274

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