[Those who consume interest cannot stand]—meaning: from their graves on the Day of Resurrection, [except as stands the one whom Satan has confounded with touch]—meaning: madness. [He means insane; you say: an insane man, that is: deranged; likewise is the consumer of interest].
Yahya, from Hammad, [from Abu Harun al-'Abdi, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri] that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) spoke about the night he was taken on the Night Journey (fol. 40), and in his narration he said: "I then came upon men whose bellies were like houses; they would stand up and then fall onto their backs and their bellies. I said: 'Who are these, O Gabriel?' He replied: 'These are the consumers of interest.' Then he recited this verse: [Those who consume interest]—to the end of the verse."
﴿الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبَا لَا يَقُومُونَ﴾ يَعْنِي: من قُبُورهم يَوْم الْقِيَامَة ﴿إِلا كَمَا يَقُومُ الَّذِي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَان من الْمس﴾ يَعْنِي: الخبل [يَعْنِي مَجْنُون، تَقُولُ: رَجُل مَجْنُون، أَي: مخبول؛ كَذَلِك آكل الرِّبَا].
يَحْيَى: عَنْ حَمَّادٍ [عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ] أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ أُسْرِيَ (ل ٤٠) بِهِ، فَكَانَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: ((فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرِجَالٍ بُطُونِهِمْ كَالْبُيُوتِ، يَقُومُونَ فَيَقَعُونَ لِظُهُورِهِمْ وَلِبُطُونِهِمْ. فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَؤُلاءِ يَا جِبْرِيلُ؟! فَقَالَ: هَؤُلاءِ أَكَلَةُ الرِّبَا. ثُمَّ تَلا هَذِهِ الْآيَة ﴿الَّذين يَأْكُلُون الرِّبَا﴾ الآيَةَ)).
