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| | The Text of the Historic Judgment on Interest |
 | | But after studying different sources narrating this statement of Sayyidna Umar, Radi-Allahu anhu, it transpires that the narration of Ibn Majah is not as authentic as that of Bukhari and Muslim. |
 | | Obviously, this amount was not borrowed by a poor person for his consumption needs, because Sayyidna Miqdad, Radi-Allahu anhu, the borrower, was of the rich Sahabah who was the only one riding a horse in the battle of Badr and whose agricultural produce was purchased by Sayyidna Muawiyah, Radi-Allahu anhu, for 100,000/- dirhams. |
 | | One of the persons present at that time suggested to Sayyidna Umar, Radi-Allahu anhu, that instead of claiming all the profit from them, he might convert this transaction into Mudarabah through which half of the profit would be deserved by Abdullah and Ubaidullah and the remaining half would go to Baitulmaal. |
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