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On negotiating with God about riba
Nouman Ali Khan
What this source says
When God says 'fear Me and leave what remains of riba' — and we say 'but the mortgage' — we are not asking a fiqh question. We are negotiating. And the surrounding āyāt make clear that there is nothing to negotiate.
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Provenance
- Source
- Tafsīr of al-Baqarah 2:278–279
- School / basis
- Comparative
- Added
- 2026-05-22
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Topics
ribaposturenecessity
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