The ruling on taking interest from the bank
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Question:
He says: What should one do if he is given an increase on his money in the bank, and the banks may be outside this country, and he is forced to take the interest?
Answer:
Regarding the interest, the claim of compulsion is not valid; one is not forced to take the interest. It is not permissible to take the interest; rather, he should leave it, because it is riba (usury or interest)[Al-Baqarah 2:278]. He also uses the profits of the bank. Leave it in the place where it originated, the original place, and leave it there. Take your principal capital [Al-Baqarah 2:279].
He says: What should one do if he is given an increase on his money in the bank, and the banks may be outside this country, and he is forced to take the interest?
Answer:
Regarding the interest, the claim of compulsion is not valid; one is not forced to take the interest. It is not permissible to take the interest; rather, he should leave it, because it is riba (usury or interest)
O you who have believed, fear Allah and give up what remains [due to you] of interest
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَاBut if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ
Source
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