Placing money in riba (usury or interest) banks for safekeeping and taking its interest
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The questioner:
Also, Shaykh, there is a question regarding what you said: that if we are compelled to place our money in some riba banks in a state of dire necessity, on the basis of safekeeping, and we do not take the interest? But is not the interest, if left in the bank, a means of assistance for them?
The Shaykh:
You did not enter the bank for the sake of the interest; you entered the bank out of dire necessity, the necessity of safekeeping.
The questioner:
By taking it. Yes. Take it from the bank so that I do not assist them. Spend it in any way.
The Shaykh:
No, you are not responsible for it. If you take it, you become responsible for it and will be held accountable for it on the Day of Resurrection. If you do not take it, you will not be asked about it nor held accountable for it on the Day of Resurrection. Yes.
Also, Shaykh, there is a question regarding what you said: that if we are compelled to place our money in some riba banks in a state of dire necessity, on the basis of safekeeping, and we do not take the interest? But is not the interest, if left in the bank, a means of assistance for them?
The Shaykh:
You did not enter the bank for the sake of the interest; you entered the bank out of dire necessity, the necessity of safekeeping.
The questioner:
By taking it. Yes. Take it from the bank so that I do not assist them. Spend it in any way.
The Shaykh:
No, you are not responsible for it. If you take it, you become responsible for it and will be held accountable for it on the Day of Resurrection. If you do not take it, you will not be asked about it nor held accountable for it on the Day of Resurrection. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-38-قضايا فقهية - 02|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (21:21)
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