Question: The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. To proceed, she says: I am a girl who has finished my studies and applied for jobs, but I was only accepted at a bank. Please advise us, may Allah the Exalted reward you a thousand times with good. Answer: No, it is not permissible to work in banks. Banks are based on riba (usury or interest), so it is not permissible to work in them, whether for men or women. It is not permissible to work in banks because they deal in riba. Allah the Exalted says: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ O you who have believed, fear Allah [Al-Hadid 57:28] So, if you are not doing that, then fear Allah and the Messenger. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in an authentic hadith that he (peace and blessings be upon him) لعن آكل الربا وموكلا Cursed is the one who eats riba and the one who gives it and a scribe and two witnesses. And Allah the Exalted says: وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression. [Al-Ma'idah 5:2] Therefore, it is not permissible to cooperate with banks in employment or in other riba transactions, whether by men or women. We ask Allah to guide them, and we ask Allah to put an end to these banks and replace them with Islamic banks. We ask Allah to guide those in charge of them, to turn them back to the right path with a beautiful return, to establish them on Islamic transactions, and to help them against the obedience of desires and Satan. And eat. Yes.

Employment in Banks

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz

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Question:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. To proceed, she says: I am a girl who has finished my studies and applied for jobs, but I was only accepted at a bank. Please advise us, may Allah the Exalted reward you a thousand times with good.

Answer:
No, it is not permissible to work in banks. Banks are based on riba (usury or interest), so it is not permissible to work in them, whether for men or women. It is not permissible to work in banks because they deal in riba. Allah the Exalted says:

O you who have believed, fear Allah

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ

[Al-Hadid 57:28]

So, if you are not doing that, then fear Allah and the Messenger. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in an authentic hadith that he (peace and blessings be upon him)

Cursed is the one who eats riba and the one who gives it

لعن آكل الربا وموكلا

and a scribe and two witnesses. And Allah the Exalted says:

And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.

وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]

Therefore, it is not permissible to cooperate with banks in employment or in other riba transactions, whether by men or women. We ask Allah to guide them, and we ask Allah to put an end to these banks and replace them with Islamic banks. We ask Allah to guide those in charge of them, to turn them back to the right path with a beautiful return, to establish them on Islamic transactions, and to help them against the obedience of desires and Satan. And eat. Yes.

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