The ruling on working in a loan research office
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, what is the ruling on my work in a research office? This office provides some guidance to entities that grant riba (usury or interest) loans.
Answer:
This is not permissible; it is cooperation in sin and aggression. If you know that they provide advice to those who deal in riba, and you serve them and write for them, then you are a partner with them. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2] Allah, for indeed, Allah is severe in punishment. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who pays it, the one who writes it, and the two witnesses. So he cursed the writer and the witnesses, and he cursed the one who pays the riba, the one who receives it, all of them, because they cooperated with the one who deals in riba. Yes.
The questioner says: Shaykh, what is the ruling on my work in a research office? This office provides some guidance to entities that grant riba (usury or interest) loans.
Answer:
This is not permissible; it is cooperation in sin and aggression. If you know that they provide advice to those who deal in riba, and you serve them and write for them, then you are a partner with them. Allah the Exalted said:
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression. And fear
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَاتَّقُوا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/222 — archive.org (4:53)
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