Islamic Fiqh > Financial transactions > Riba: its types and effects
Riba by excess (fadl) and delay (nasi'a), the 6 commodities of the Sunnah, same-type same-quantity exchange, and the riba effect on contracts.
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Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
Riba from A to Z: its status, types, the six categories, the equivalence rule, riba on currencies, and the wisdom of its prohibition.
The Quran formally forbids it (sura al-Baqara 275-279): gain without labor on another's distress, source of injustice and debt.
Neither keep nor use them: pay them in charity without reward intention (purification), per contemporary scholars' method.
Yes: that is qard hasan, the beautiful loan, rewarded as sadaqa (Muslim 1016 on multiplication).
No if it is a sale of a real asset owned by the seller (see the murabaha page); the supplement on a mere money loan is riba.