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Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr

Shīʿī jurist & economist (d. 1980). 20th c. · Comparative school · Najaf, Iraq. Every position below is drawn from the sourced consensus record — with its citation, and nothing added.

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محمد باقر الصدر

Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr

Shīʿī jurist & economist (d. 1980)

Comparative · 20th c.1935–1980 CE Najaf, Iraq

Author of Iqtiṣādunā and al-Bank al-Lā-Ribawī fī al-Islām — a foundational attempt to design an interest-free banking system.

On the core questions

2 of the 6 core questions are documented for this voice. Each carries its source.

Q1 · Is riba prohibited in Islam?

Prohibits

Source:Iqtiṣādunā

Q2 · Is conventional bank interest the same as Qurʾānic riba?

Prohibits

Argued conventional bank interest is the forbidden riba and proposed a mudārabah-based alternative.

Source:al-Bank al-Lā-Ribawī fī al-Islām

Positions are summarised conservatively from documented statements. A label reflects the scholar's strongest documented position; the nuance line captures the qualifiers. Verify against the cited source, and see the methodology for how these were formed.

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