Noted Islamic scholar and expert on Islamic Finance, Prof. Irfan Shahid gave a lecture on “Interest and the Dajjali Mischief” in Pune recently. He said the West fears Muslims as they are upholders of the Qur’ān which contains aayaat that prohibit interest, upon whose edifice is based the entire structure of capitalism. Today the entire world is in the clutches of the capitalists who are exploiting the people and resources of the world for their own vested interests and the masses are caught in a rat race to enhance their lifestyle. This global enslavement by the West has reached such gigantic proportion that it can be termed and taken to be the great mischief by the Dajjal as prophesied by the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him).
The proponents of Dajjal are trying to create such conditions through cinema and media which will prepare people mentally for watching extraordinary feats and stunts and they will not feel any wonder when Dajjal arrives.
Prof. Irfan explained the fundamentals of Islamic finance and the various financial instruments used by Islamic banks to offer different products and services permitted by the Shari’ah. He lauded the local chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind for running an interest-free micro-finance fund to cater to the needs of the common man.
The talk was organised by the Pimpri-Chinchwad unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.