The Ruling on Working in Banks and in the Field of Advocacy
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The questioner:
What is the ruling on working in banks, and what is the ruling on working in the field of advocacy?
The Shaykh:
Working in banks is not permissible; because it is cooperation in sin and aggression, since banks deal in riba (usury or interest). If you engage in it, you are cooperating with them in that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who eats riba, the one who gives it, the scribe, and the two witnesses. He cursed the scribe and the witnesses because they cooperated. The employee is a scribe, a scribe in the bank, or a servant to the bank, and he is cooperating with them. What remains of the question?
The questioner:
The lawyer.
The Shaykh:
Advocacy: if you are appointed as an agent for the parties in dispute, and you do not lie, and you do not commit indecency in the dispute, but rather you extract the right for its owner; then there is nothing wrong with that. But if you resort to tricks and you lie, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says[An-Nisa 4:107] every treacherous person, and do not argue on behalf of those who betray themselves.
[An-Nisa 4:107]. And in the verses, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) forbids His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and says, and do not be a defender for the treacherous. So it is not permissible for a person to litigate with a false claim to overcome the owner of the right, by falsehood. This is not permissible. But if he uses only truth, and uses only clear evidence, then there is nothing wrong with that.
What is the ruling on working in banks, and what is the ruling on working in the field of advocacy?
The Shaykh:
Working in banks is not permissible; because it is cooperation in sin and aggression, since banks deal in riba (usury or interest). If you engage in it, you are cooperating with them in that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who eats riba, the one who gives it, the scribe, and the two witnesses. He cursed the scribe and the witnesses because they cooperated. The employee is a scribe, a scribe in the bank, or a servant to the bank, and he is cooperating with them. What remains of the question?
The questioner:
The lawyer.
The Shaykh:
Advocacy: if you are appointed as an agent for the parties in dispute, and you do not lie, and you do not commit indecency in the dispute, but rather you extract the right for its owner; then there is nothing wrong with that. But if you resort to tricks and you lie, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says
And do not argue on behalf of those who deceive themselves. Indeed, Allah
وَلَا تُجَادِلْ عَنِ الَّذِينَ يَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّIndeed, Allah loves not one who is a habitually sinful deceiver.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ خَوَّانًا أَثِيمًا
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العمل في البنوك والمحاماة — alfawzan.live
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