Interpretation of Riba Verses in Ibn Kathir's Tafsir (Comparative Studies in the Tafsir of Ibn Katsīr and Al-Marāghī)

Abstract

The discussion in this research is about usury, the discussion about usury is always a debate in society and raises pros and cons in society, the Qur'an also in several verses touches on usury, so the author is interested in researching the Interpretation of Usury Verses (Comparative Study in Tafsir Ibn Katsīr and Al-Marāghī), the problem formulation in this research is what is the history of usury in Islam? and how do Ibn Katsīr and Ahmad Mustafā al-Marāghī's interpretations of the riba verses compare? The research method used is a qualitative method. This research is included in library research. The data collection method used is the documentation method. The research approach used is the muqarran (comparative) method. The primary data sources in this research are the tafsir al-Qur'ān al-'Azhīm and the tafsir al-Marāghī books. The data analysis method used is the Miles and Huberman method of historical analysis. Usury has a very long history and its practice has been started since the Jews until the Jahiliyah period before Islam and the early Islamic period. In its history, almost all Samawi religions forbade usury, because they considered that there was no benefit whatsoever in social life, the modern view says what what is prohibited is the exploitation of poor people, not the concept of interest itself (legal form). Ibn Katsīr said that people who eat usury will in the afterlife be resurrected unable to stand but will stand as if possessed by the devil due to insanity. Meanwhile, Ahmad Mustafā al-Marāghī said that people who always consume usurious wealth in the world, are like people who deliberately commit acts because they are crazy, because they are intoxicated by the love of wealth, and after wealth is able to enslave their minds, their souls become vicious, eager to collect. as much wealth as possible, and wealth becomes the main goal of life.