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Working in a bank that has a Sharia committee

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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you. After that, I am a young man who has been presented with a job opportunity at Al-Rayah Bank. The bank has a Sharia committee to which many banking operations are presented for review and issuing rulings. To what extent do you endorse this committee, O Shaykh? And what is the ruling on my working in this bank, given that my specialization is in computer science?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with the bank being Islamic, and there is nothing wrong with the committee; they are from the people of knowledge, our known brothers among the scholars. They are engaged in good work, and their knowledge is trusted. Among them is Shaykh Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz ibn Aqil, may Allah guide him. The bank, as far as we know, is an Islamic bank, and there is nothing wrong with working in it. We ask Allah to grant success to those in charge of it.
Source رحلتي مع الكتاب — islamhouse.com (58:48)

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