Is it permissible for a property owner to allow a bank to rent a space in his property?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: A man has a building and rents it out, and among his tenants is a bank. What is the ruling on renting to this bank? And is the money he takes from it lawful or forbidden? If it is forbidden, what is your advice to him in this situation?
Answer:
It is not permissible to rent a shop for sin. It is not permissible to rent a shop to one who commits sin in it. Banks utilize riba (usury or interest), which is among the major sins. Riba is among the major sins, and banks are established upon riba, so it is not permissible for you to rent to the bank, because you are renting to it and assisting it in sin, in guilt, and in transgression. There are many tenants, and praise be to Allah, he rented it to others besides the bank. Even if the bank offers you an increase or you are greedy for it, there is no good in that.[At-Talaq 65:2-3] Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: A man has a building and rents it out, and among his tenants is a bank. What is the ruling on renting to this bank? And is the money he takes from it lawful or forbidden? If it is forbidden, what is your advice to him in this situation?
Answer:
It is not permissible to rent a shop for sin. It is not permissible to rent a shop to one who commits sin in it. Banks utilize riba (usury or interest), which is among the major sins. Riba is among the major sins, and banks are established upon riba, so it is not permissible for you to rent to the bank, because you are renting to it and assisting it in sin, in guilt, and in transgression. There are many tenants, and praise be to Allah, he rented it to others besides the bank. Even if the bank offers you an increase or you are greedy for it, there is no good in that.
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز لصاحب العقار أن يسمح بتأجير بنك في عقاره؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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