The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Charity and the intention of a good loan ]

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 579 من الجزء One

If it occurs to the charitable person to lend God a good loan with his charity in response to the command of God, then this chapter also applies to charity because he is commanded to give a loan, and the loan may be the same as obligatory zakat. If he asks for additional compensation to benefit from what he lent, it goes beyond the definition of a loan and it is charity not described as a loan, for it is not He gives the legitimate loan .

God does not forbid usury and takes it from us. This is what the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said.

For every loan that brings benefit is usury, and if this occurs to him when giving it, then he does not He gives it only for this purpose and for the giver, who is the borrower, to do well in repayment and to add more than that as he wishes, without it being a condition in the loan itself, for God has promised that the reward for the loan will be doubled, but the servant does not lend it for the sake of


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