[estheticianI]

How do you go about congratulating someone really close to you, who just purchased a house (that there wasn't really even a dire need for), on mortgage and will be paying interest/riba.

If you don't congratulate them, you look rude. If you congratulate them, or give them "mubarak", then you are essentially condoning something which is 100% haram.

Dealing with interest is an announcement of war against Allah and His Messenger , as Allah says in the Quran. Astaghfirullah. May Allah protect us all from this and all other fitnah. Ameen.

So, what do your brothers and sisters think about this?

[largonioulurI]

wsalam,

Why would you congratulate some one for committing a sin? Why don't you inform them that this is wrong? It may be rude, but surely you can do it in a polite way.

[estheticianI]

wsalam,

Why would you congratulate some one for committing a sin? Why don't you inform them that this is wrong? It may be rude, but surely you can do it in a polite way.

They know it is wrong, and they know how I feel towards some of the things which they do/don't do in their life. As far as doing it in a "polite way", I kind of have a problem with that, so I've just been avoiding talking to them since they bought the house. However, sooner or later, we will obviously have to talk and then please make dua may Allah put the right words in my mouth. Ameen.

[largonioulurI]

They know it is wrong, and they know how I feel towards some of the things which they do/don't do in their life. As far as doing it in a "polite way", I kind of have a problem with that, so I've just been avoiding talking to them since they bought the house. However, sooner or later, we will obviously have to talk and then please make dua may Allah put the right words in my mouth. Ameen.

I'm curious about this myself. How do you deal with people who when confronted with the fact that the least worst type of usury is as bad as marrying your mother, and they still do it? Do these hadiths have no affect on these people?

Narrated Abu Huraira

The Prophet said, "Avoid the seven great destructive sins." They (the people!) asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What are they?" He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah; to practice sorcery; to kill the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause (according to Islamic law); to eat up usury (riba), to eat up the property of an orphan; to give one's back to the enemy and freeing from the battle-field at the time of fighting and to accuse chaste women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good believers."

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.829 Narrated by Abu Juhaifa The Prophet forbade the use of the price of blood and the price of a dog, the one who takes (eats) usury the one who gives usury, the woman who practises tattooing and the woman who gets herself tattooed.

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2828 Narrated byAbuHurayrah Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "On the night when I was taken up to Heaven I came upon people whose bellies were like houses and contained snakes which could be seen from outside their bellies. I asked Gabriel who they were and he told me that they were people who had practised usury." Ahmad and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2826 Narrated byAbuHurayrah Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Usury has seventy parts, the least important being that a man should marry his mother." Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi, transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.

[PetraCromlich]

They know it is wrong, and they know how I feel towards some of the things which they do/don't do in their life. As far as doing it in a "polite way", I kind of have a problem with that, so I've just been avoiding talking to them since they bought the house. However, sooner or later, we will obviously have to talk and then please make dua may Allah put the right words in my mouth. Ameen.

If they know it's wrong and they know how you feel about it, then would they be expecting a congratulations from you?

Unless you wish to do nahi anil munkar, I would say not to broach the subject. However if they bring it up themselves, you can simply tell them that they know how you feel about what they have done so they cannot expect a congratulations from you.

This is unfortunately the problem nowadays... people do not realize that riba is a sin that is compared to being greater than incest with ones own mother.

May Allah save us from riba, Ameen.