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Is it permissible to accept gifts from the bank where I have an account?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: There is a book in one of the banks, and the bank gives a generous evaluation, and sometimes some gifts. Is it permissible for me to take them, knowing that I have a current account with them? This is a deception regarding interest.

Answer:
They deceive people in this way. They say, "We do not give the differences, because you see that this is riba (usury or interest), but we give you gifts. We give you gifts, we give you perfumes or cologne, or they say books. In fact, they go so far as to say books, and they read books and give them as gifts, on the basis that they mean to remove the suspicion and doubt from themselves. Sometimes they give them calendars or give them... All of this is not permissible, because it is a deception regarding interest. So it is not permissible to accept anything from them. A deposit account for the purpose of safekeeping is permissible in case of dire necessity, but it is not permissible to have it in exchange for interest or gifts or...
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز أن آخذ الهدايا من البنك الذي عندي فيه حساب؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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