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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

Co-founder, Zaytuna College (USA). Contemporary · Maliki school · USA. Every position below is drawn from the sourced consensus record — with its citation, and nothing added.

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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

Co-founder, Zaytuna College (USA)

Maliki · Contemporary USA

Prominent American scholar; situates riba within a broader critique of the modern debt economy and moral economy.

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:Lectures on Islamic moral economy

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