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The literal meaning of interest or Al-RIBA as it is used in the Arabic language means to excess or increase. In the Islamic terminology interest means effortless profit or that profit which comes free from compensation or that extra earning obtained that is free of exchange. Hazrat Shah Waliullah Dehlvi a great scholar and leader has given a very concise and precise definition of interest. He says, "Riba` is a loan with the condition that the borrower will return to the lender more than and better than the quantity borrowed." Bibliography:- http://www.inter-Islam.org/Prohibitions/intrst.htm

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