The ruling on working in a riba (usury or interest) bank without writing or witnessing
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to work in a riba bank if the worker is not the one writing the riba contract, nor a witness to it, nor one who provides it?
Answer:
It is not permissible to work in a riba bank in any type of work, because it is cooperation; it is cooperation with the bank in sin and aggression. He serves the riba bank, so it is not permissible to be employed in banks in any type of position. Does the one who wants his conscience to be clear and his soul to be safe not approach banks and not work in them? And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has made provision ample.[At-Talaq 65:2-3] He seeks his provision in other fields. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to work in a riba bank if the worker is not the one writing the riba contract, nor a witness to it, nor one who provides it?
Answer:
It is not permissible to work in a riba bank in any type of work, because it is cooperation; it is cooperation with the bank in sin and aggression. He serves the riba bank, so it is not permissible to be employed in banks in any type of position. Does the one who wants his conscience to be clear and his soul to be safe not approach banks and not work in them? And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has made provision ample.
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من باب الربا — islamhouse.com (46:10)
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