Usury (Interest)

The Prophet said the time will come upon people and they will consume Riba (Interest)

Source: Musnad Ahmad 10191

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, “ A time will come upon people in which they will consume usury.” It was said, “All of the people?”. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ replied, “Whoever does not consume it will be affected by its dust. ”

This clearly describes the state of the world economy today. Just think about how many people have interest-bearing bank accounts, buy things using credit cards, and are only able to afford to purchase a home through an interest-based mortgage.

Even if one somehow manages to avoid dealing in interest directly, almost every aspect of our lives is impacted by it.

Note: Consume interest is one of the Major sins in Islam.

Quran 2:275

Those who consume interest will stand ˹on Judgment Day˺ like those driven to madness by Satan’s touch. That is because they say, “Trade is no different than interest.” But Allah has permitted trading and forbidden interest.

There was no trading with the paper currency at the time of the Prophet so, they were using the gold and silver.
In order to lean someone money, there must be paper currency because the gold will never be enough for that. So this prophecy about Usury cannot come true without paper currency.