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Imām al-Nawawī

Shāfiʿī jurist & ḥadīth scholar (d. 1277). Classical · Shafii school · Damascus. Every position below is drawn from the sourced consensus record — with its citation, and nothing added.

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Imām al-Nawawī

Shāfiʿī jurist & ḥadīth scholar (d. 1277)

Shafii · Classical1233–1277 CE Damascus

His commentary on Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim is a standard reference for the ḥadīth corpus on riba, including the six-commodities report.

On the core questions

1 of the 6 core questions are documented for this voice. Each carries its source.

Q1 · Is riba prohibited in Islam?

Prohibits

Source:Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

Positions are summarised conservatively from documented statements. A label reflects the scholar's strongest documented position; the nuance line captures the qualifiers. Verify against the cited source, and see the methodology for how these were formed.

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