This book offers collaborating understandings of the Islamic economic concept. Linguistics, classical juridical analysis, historical context and modern economics build this framework for the understanding of riba.
'The volume is a useful reference for anyone wishing to understand the Koranic roots of the prohibition of interest, and of how this evolved in the four main schools of Islamic law.' - Middle Eastern Studies
'This book is comprehensive; it consists of scholarly papers and it is a must read for all students of Islamic economics and finance. The editor deserves our compliments for doing a good job in presenting all the angles on the debate of interest.' - Muhammad Akram Khan, The Muslim World Book Review, 2009