The text of the historic judgement on riba

by Muhammad Taqi Usmani

This historic and well-researched judgment is written by Justice Usmani of Pakistan's highest court, in 1999. The implementation of the judgment however was postponed several times by the current Pakistani regime. It nevertheless serves as a useful work for students of Islamic law and economics.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani is one of the leading Islamic scholars living today. He is an expert in the fields of Islamic Jurisprudence, Economics, Hadith and Tasawwuf. Born in Deoband in 1362H(1943 CE), he graduated par excellence form Dars e Nizami at Darul Uloom, Karachi, Pakistan. Then he specialized in Islamic Jurisprudence under the guidance of his eminent father, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, the late Grand Mufti of Pakistan. Since then, he has been teaching hadith and Fiqh at the Darul-Uloom, Karachi. He authored many books in Urdu, Arabic and English language.

Reviews

[Abu Ehsanullah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

[Julkifli Bensali · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good book in introducing the concept of Riba and the right interpretation of Riba verses in Qur'an and Hadith.

A must have for those interested to know about Riba in its simplest term.