The ruling on providing a work reference to a riba (usury or interest) bank
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding the one who takes a reference from his job, for example, some people take a reference from their workplace and deposit it with a riba bank. Does the employee, may Allah reward you, take, for example, a reference from his job stating that he is an employee, and then take it to the riba bank to obtain a loan? Does this employee share in the sin with him?
The Shaykh:
If he helps him, yes, he shares in it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
He participates in interpreting his order regarding riba; he is a partner in it.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding the one who takes a reference from his job, for example, some people take a reference from their workplace and deposit it with a riba bank. Does the employee, may Allah reward you, take, for example, a reference from his job stating that he is an employee, and then take it to the riba bank to obtain a loan? Does this employee share in the sin with him?
The Shaykh:
If he helps him, yes, he shares in it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
He participates in interpreting his order regarding riba; he is a partner in it.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب الربا — islamhouse.com (3:35)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.