Providing a reference for an employee to obtain a riba (usury or interest) loan
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if one of my employees asks me for a reference to submit to one of the riba banks in order to take out a loan, is it permissible for me to give it to him?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to lie, because a riba loan is forbidden. If you give him a reference, you have helped him to consume riba. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who facilitates it, its two witnesses, and its guarantor. Giving him a reference is a testimony; it is testimony to the consumption of riba, and it falls under the curse.
Honorable Shaykh, if one of my employees asks me for a reference to submit to one of the riba banks in order to take out a loan, is it permissible for me to give it to him?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to lie, because a riba loan is forbidden. If you give him a reference, you have helped him to consume riba. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who facilitates it, its two witnesses, and its guarantor. Giving him a reference is a testimony; it is testimony to the consumption of riba, and it falls under the curse.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الديات — islamhouse.com (1:07:11)
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