hadith
4370
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was once informed of a man who was extorting usury and calling it liba instead of riba (usury) to justify his actions, with regards to whom Imam said, 'If Allah gave me the power to, I would have him beheaded.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لَمّا بلَغهُ أنّ رَجلاً كانَ يَأكُلُ الرِّبا ويُسَمِّيهِ اللِّباءَ ـ: لئن أمكَنَنِي اللّهُ عزّوجلّ (مِنهُ) لَأضرِبَنَّ عُنُقَهُ.
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