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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Working in a Riba Bank

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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, a job was offered to me at a riba (usury or interest) bank. Is it permissible for me to accept work there?

Answer:
No, do not work in them. These banks deal in riba (usury or interest). If you work in them, you are cooperating with them in sin and aggression. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed
the accepter of interest and its payer, and one who records it, and the two witnessesاكل الربا وموكله وكاتبه وشاهديه
Sahih Muslim 1598
. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسئلة اللقاء المفتوح [29-7-1440] مع صاحب المعالي العلامة صالح بن فوزان الفوزان بجامع الرحمانية — youtube.com (17:28)

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