Modernist definition Islamic Modernists tend to "emphasise the moral aspect of the prohibition of riba, and argue that the rationale for this prohibition as formulated in al-Qur'an was injustice and hardship."[REF]
Harm to borrower Islamic Modernist scholar such as Fazlur Rahman Malik,[REF] Muhammad Asad,[REF] Sa'id al-Najjar,[REF] Sayyid Tantawi,[REF] differ from the orthodox interpreters in arguing that interest is not riba unless it involves exploitation of the needy.