The Qur’an states that those who engaged in this practice “will stand on Judgment Day like those driven to madness by Shaitan’s touch.” For 10 points each:
[10m] The proscription against riba in Islamic law is generally interpreted as prohibiting what practice? In the Tanakh, the Lord discourages this practice by condemning the seizure of a neighbor’s cloak which is not returned by sundown.
ANSWER: usury (“YOO-zhur-ee”) [accept answers indicating charging interest; accept neshek; prompt on loans]
[10h] Instead of riba, Islamic lenders are more likely to engage in this practice in which a commodity is sold to a bank, who then sells it to the customer for an agreed upon marked-up value that is paid over time in installments.
ANSWER: murabaha (“moo-RA-ba-ha”) [or murâbaḥah; or Murabahah to the Purchase Orderer or bai’ muajjal or bai’-bithaman ajil or BBA or bai’ al-ina; prompt on credit sales or rent-to-buy; prompt on cost-plus financing]
[10e] Riba is sometimes seen as the antithesis to this pillar of Islam that mandates almsgiving.
ANSWER: zakat
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