The Ruling on Intermediating for a Person to Work in a Bank
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, if there is a person who has no job, and I intermediated for him to work in a bank, is this intercession forbidden?
The Shaykh:
In a bank? Yes, this is forbidden because it is not permissible to work in a bank, as that falls under the curse of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He cursed the one who consumes riba (usury or interest), the one who facilitates it, the scribe, and the witnesses. The scribe and the witness did not consume riba, nor did they pay riba, but because they facilitated riba. The employee in the bank facilitates the consumption of riba. Yes.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
You were given this evil, and it is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if there is a person who has no job, and I intermediated for him to work in a bank, is this intercession forbidden?
The Shaykh:
In a bank? Yes, this is forbidden because it is not permissible to work in a bank, as that falls under the curse of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He cursed the one who consumes riba (usury or interest), the one who facilitates it, the scribe, and the witnesses. The scribe and the witness did not consume riba, nor did they pay riba, but because they facilitated riba. The employee in the bank facilitates the consumption of riba. Yes.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
You were given this evil, and it is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الرخصة في العرايا وبيع الأصول والثمار — islamhouse.com (18:26)
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