Is it permissible to eat and drink from the food and drink of someone we know works in a riba (usury or interest) bank?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If we visit relatives to maintain family ties, and they work in riba banks, is it permissible for us to eat their food and drink their beverages?
Answer:
If you do not know that it is haram (forbidden), you do not eat from it. If you know for certain that this is haram, you do not eat from it. But if you do not know, the default is that it is halal (lawful), along with advising them to leave working in the banks and to seek their livelihood elsewhere. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If we visit relatives to maintain family ties, and they work in riba banks, is it permissible for us to eat their food and drink their beverages?
Answer:
If you do not know that it is haram (forbidden), you do not eat from it. If you know for certain that this is haram, you do not eat from it. But if you do not know, the default is that it is halal (lawful), along with advising them to leave working in the banks and to seek their livelihood elsewhere. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [464 -1024] هل يجوز أن نأكل ونشرب من طعام وشراب من علمنا أنه يعمل في بنك ربوي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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