Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions

A number of Islamic legal maxims are related to transactions (fiqh al-mu‘ᾱmalᾱt) and they could be implemented in Islamic finance and banking. One of these maxims is “Every loan that brings benefit is usury” (Kullu qarḍ Jarra Manf‘atan fahuwa Ribᾱ’). A normal ruling of the Sharῑ‘ah is that if anyone...

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Main Authors: Amanullah, Muhammad, Zakariyah, Luqman
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: 2017
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spelling iium-565242018-03-21T01:27:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56524/ Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions Amanullah, Muhammad Zakariyah, Luqman KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh A number of Islamic legal maxims are related to transactions (fiqh al-mu‘ᾱmalᾱt) and they could be implemented in Islamic finance and banking. One of these maxims is “Every loan that brings benefit is usury” (Kullu qarḍ Jarra Manf‘atan fahuwa Ribᾱ’). A normal ruling of the Sharῑ‘ah is that if anyone receives loan from a person or a bank, he is supposed to return its exact amount to the moneylender without any increase in it. Any increase, whether it is in the form of money, goods or any other assistance, is considered usury (ribᾱ’) and therefore it is forbidden. However, jurists have disputed over the issue: “If this increase is not mentioned at the time of giving the loan as its condition, and the borrower gives it at the time of paying the loan back to the moneylender or before it.” Some of them maintain that it is lawful, while some others consider it as forbidden. Using descriptive and analytical methods, this paper will discuss the above legal maxim, its proofs, disputes of jurists on its related issues and will try to give preference to the opinion which is stronger based on the strength of the proofs. Then it will strive to discuss implementation of this maxim on some pre-Islamic and contemporary financial transactions in Malaysia. 2017-04-17 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56524/1/RESEARCH%20REPORT.pdf Amanullah, Muhammad and Zakariyah, Luqman (2017) Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions. Research Report. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
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Amanullah, Muhammad
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Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions
description A number of Islamic legal maxims are related to transactions (fiqh al-mu‘ᾱmalᾱt) and they could be implemented in Islamic finance and banking. One of these maxims is “Every loan that brings benefit is usury” (Kullu qarḍ Jarra Manf‘atan fahuwa Ribᾱ’). A normal ruling of the Sharῑ‘ah is that if anyone receives loan from a person or a bank, he is supposed to return its exact amount to the moneylender without any increase in it. Any increase, whether it is in the form of money, goods or any other assistance, is considered usury (ribᾱ’) and therefore it is forbidden. However, jurists have disputed over the issue: “If this increase is not mentioned at the time of giving the loan as its condition, and the borrower gives it at the time of paying the loan back to the moneylender or before it.” Some of them maintain that it is lawful, while some others consider it as forbidden. Using descriptive and analytical methods, this paper will discuss the above legal maxim, its proofs, disputes of jurists on its related issues and will try to give preference to the opinion which is stronger based on the strength of the proofs. Then it will strive to discuss implementation of this maxim on some pre-Islamic and contemporary financial transactions in Malaysia.
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author Amanullah, Muhammad
Zakariyah, Luqman
author_facet Amanullah, Muhammad
Zakariyah, Luqman
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title Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions
title_short Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions
title_full Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions
title_fullStr Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions
title_full_unstemmed Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions
title_sort legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/56524/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/56524/1/RESEARCH%20REPORT.pdf
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