Is it permissible to take riba (usury or interest) on money from the banks of disbelievers?

The questioner:
Yes. He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner in the West asks: Do we take the riba (usury or interest) on our money kept in the banks of disbelievers? Because if we do not take these interests, they will put them into their Christianizing associations.

The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for a Muslim to take riba (usury or interest). It is not permissible for a Muslim to take riba. As for them spending it, is that their responsibility? No, you are not responsible for what they do. As for you, do not take riba, for Allah has forbidden the Muslim from taking riba. And leave what remains of the riba. It is not permissible to open this door, as some of the lax people who claim to be scholars say. They say it is taken and not left. For them, disbelief is more severe than eating riba. You are not responsible for their actions. You are responsible for preserving your wealth that you placed with them out of necessity, solely to preserve it. So do not take anything from it. Yes, take your money and that is it. Yes. Yes.