The Ruling on Working as an Accountant in a Riba-Based Institution
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If the institution deals in riba, does the accountant who records the expenses within this institution fall under the category of the one who writes for riba?
Answer:
Cursed. He is cursed by the explicit statement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The one who writes for a riba-based institution or a riba-based bank is cursed, because the statement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) applies to him:Sunan Ibn Majah 2277Hasan (Darussalam). This is the one who writes for riba. So he should not be employed at a riba-based bank? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If the institution deals in riba, does the accountant who records the expenses within this institution fall under the category of the one who writes for riba?
Answer:
Cursed. He is cursed by the explicit statement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The one who writes for a riba-based institution or a riba-based bank is cursed, because the statement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) applies to him:
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who consumes usury, the one who pays it, those who witness it and the one who writes it down.
لعن آكل الربا وموكله وشاهديه وكاتبه
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين-11-07-1438هـ — af.org.sa (55:43)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.