What is the ruling on praying behind someone who works in a riba (usury or interest) bank?
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Question:
What is the ruling on praying behind someone who works in a riba bank?
Answer:
If his salary is from riba, it is not permissible to pray behind him. Yes. It is not permissible to pray behind him; because he utilizes what is forbidden, and he cooperates with the usurers, and he is cursed, as in the hadithJami` at-Tirmidhi 1206Hasan (Darussalam) he becomes a cooperator with them, so do not pray behind him. Yes.
What is the ruling on praying behind someone who works in a riba bank?
Answer:
If his salary is from riba, it is not permissible to pray behind him. Yes. It is not permissible to pray behind him; because he utilizes what is forbidden, and he cooperates with the usurers, and he is cursed, as in the hadith
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who consumed Riba, and the one who charged it, those who witnessed it, and the one who recorded it.
لعن الله آكل الربا، وموكله، وشاهديه، وكاتبه،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الصلاة خلف من يعمل فى بنك ربوي؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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