Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2279
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ رُكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ عَمِيلَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَا أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِلاَّ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ أَمْرِهِ إِلَى قِلَّةٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAbdullah ibn Masʿud reported that the Prophet said: ‘No one engages in abundant usury except that his affairs ultimately come to scarcity.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The concise Arabic wording literally says that the end of the person’s affair is toward scarcity; the report does not specify whether this refers to wealth or broader consequences.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَا أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِلاَّ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ أَمْرِهِ إِلَى قِلَّةٍ " .
The report says that the outcome of abundant usury is ‘to scarcity’ but does not specify whether this means loss of wealth or broader decline.
What aspect of the person’s affairs is meant by the resulting scarcity?