What is the ruling on working in a bank in non-banking transactions?
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Question:
May Allah keep you safe. Honorable Shaykh, he says: A job was offered to me at one of the banks, and after I sought guidance from Allah the Exalted more than once, I took the job at that bank. However, I am far from the banking transactions. Now, Honorable Shaykh, should I stay in my job or leave? Knowing that I am in the process of applying for some positions and am waiting for their response.
Answer:
Do not stay in this job; because it is cooperation with the bank in sin and aggression. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]. And the bank engages in riba (usury or interest) and deals in forbidden matters in most cases.
It deals in defective sales and riba and other things, and it does not scrupulously avoid them, because it follows a foreign plan. It is not following Islamic dealings, but rather it follows the terminology of foreign economics which is not bound by the Shari'ah. And if you work there as an employee, you have cooperated with it, even if you are not in the riba contracts, even if you are a messenger or a doorman, you are cooperating with it in this matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who eats riba, the one who gives it, the scribe, and the two witnesses. Why did he curse the scribe and the witnesses? Because they cooperated with the one who eats riba; they cooperated with him. This includes everyone who cooperates with the riba bank in any type of cooperation. And the means of earning a livelihood are many.[At-Talaq 65:2-3] So seek work in a bank other than this one, and strive to move from it as quickly as possible. Yes.
May Allah keep you safe. Honorable Shaykh, he says: A job was offered to me at one of the banks, and after I sought guidance from Allah the Exalted more than once, I took the job at that bank. However, I am far from the banking transactions. Now, Honorable Shaykh, should I stay in my job or leave? Knowing that I am in the process of applying for some positions and am waiting for their response.
Answer:
Do not stay in this job; because it is cooperation with the bank in sin and aggression. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
but do not cooperate in sin and aggression
وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِIt deals in defective sales and riba and other things, and it does not scrupulously avoid them, because it follows a foreign plan. It is not following Islamic dealings, but rather it follows the terminology of foreign economics which is not bound by the Shari'ah. And if you work there as an employee, you have cooperated with it, even if you are not in the riba contracts, even if you are a messenger or a doorman, you are cooperating with it in this matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who eats riba, the one who gives it, the scribe, and the two witnesses. Why did he curse the scribe and the witnesses? Because they cooperated with the one who eats riba; they cooperated with him. This includes everyone who cooperates with the riba bank in any type of cooperation. And the means of earning a livelihood are many.
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم العمل في البنك في غير المعاملات المصرفية؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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