Hadith #1 - The Gravity of Injustice
Hadith #2 - God is More Capable Than You
Hadith #3 - From the Scrolls of Abraham
Hadith #4 - To Seek or Not to Seek Leadership
Hadith #5 - You Will Be Asked About Your Potential
Hadith #6 - A Word of Truth in the Face of An Oppressor
Hadith #7 – The Ruling on Silence and Injustice
Hadith #8 - The Right to Water, Food, and Shelter
Hadith #9 - Responding To Evil With Good
Hadith #10 - The "Everyone Else Does It" Fallacy
Hadith #11 – Don't "Shortchange" Anyone
Hadith #12 – Whoever Deceives is Not One of Us
Hadith #13 – Corrupt Lawyers and Unserved Justice
Ep. 11: Remembers His Place in Front of Allah | The Faith Revival
Hadith #14 – Elitist Privilege
Hadith #15: Building a Coalition of Justice
Hadith #16: A Show of Strength
Hadith #17: Righteous Anger
Hadith #18: "He is Not a Believer Whose Neighbor is Not Secure From His Harm"
Hadith #19: "The Definition, Categories, and Prohibition of Torture in Islam"
Hadith #20: “Before the Sweat Dries…”
Hadith #21 - The Characteristics of a Pious Employee
Hadith #22 - The Root of All Social Injustice
Hadith #23: Why is Riba Haram?
Hadith #24 – Insurance Companies and Vulnerable Citizens
Hadith #25 – Justice Between Parents & Children
Hadith #26 – The Sin of Favoritism
Hadith #27 – Framing How Rights Work in a Marriage
Hadith #28 – The Rights of your Aunts, Uncles, In-laws, and Extended Family
Hadith #29 – The Rights of the Elderly on Society
Hadith #30 – Slavery in Islam
Hadith #31 – Islamic Ethics Regarding Asylum, Refugees, and Migration
Hadith #32 – Racism and Tribalism
Hadith #33 - The Injustice of Stereotypes and Collective Guilt
Hadith #34 - "We Used to Have No Regard for Women"
Hadith #35 - The Rights of Those with Disabilities
Hadith #36 - The Prophet's Doctors and Islam's History of Healthcare
Hadith #37 - When Animals Indict Humans for Cruelty
Hadith #38 - The Rights of the Environment Upon You
Hadith #39 - Without Justice, There Can Be No Peace
Hadith #40 - Incremental Change vs. Radical Reform
40 Hadiths on Social Justice
Hadith #23: Why is Riba Haram?
Living within your means is a big part of our religion. Today, because of the ability to open many credit lines and also get into contracts (that eventually put many in debt), people increase their greed and want of more. Today, the average American hovers around 5K in credit card debt.
Allah (swt) mentions in the Qur’an, “So that it will not become a perpetual distribution [solely] among the rich from among you.” [al-Ḥashr (59): 7]
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ outlawed profiting [in the worldly sense] from loans by saying, “Profit is contingent upon liability (the possibility of loss).
In this episode of 40 Hadiths on Social Justice, Sh. Omar Suleiman provides a thorough look at the harms of usury or riba, to society and why it's so strongly prohibited in Islam.
