What is the ruling on working in riba (usury or interest) banks?
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Question:
He asks: What is the ruling on one who works in a bank that deals in riba (usury or interest)?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to work in a bank that deals in riba, or in a company, institution, or with a merchant who deals in riba. Whoever deals in riba, do not work for him, because if you work for him, you are cooperating with him in sin and aggression. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mishkat al-Masabih 2829. Why were the writer and the witness cursed? Because they cooperated with the one who deals in riba. So the one who is employed by those who deal in riba is subject to the curse, because he is cooperating with them.
He asks: What is the ruling on one who works in a bank that deals in riba (usury or interest)?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to work in a bank that deals in riba, or in a company, institution, or with a merchant who deals in riba. Whoever deals in riba, do not work for him, because if you work for him, you are cooperating with him in sin and aggression. Allah the Exalted said:
but do not cooperate in sin and aggression
وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِGod’s Messenger curse those who took usury, those who paid it, those who recorded it
صلى الله عليه وسلم لعن الله اكل الربا وموكله وكاتبه وشاهديه
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم العمل في البنوك الربوية؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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