The Ruling on Working in Banks
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is working in banks considered a form of riba (usury or interest), and consequently, is the salary of a bank employee forbidden?
Answer:
Working in banks is not permissible. If one works in riba transactions, the hadith applies to him: “May Allah curseSunan Abi Dawud 3333Sahih (Al-Albani) and his witnesses.” The one who writes and documents riba transactions is a writer of riba and falls under the curse. If he does not work in the transactions but in other bank operations, he is cooperating with the bank. Allah the Exalted says: [Al-Ma'idah 5:2].
Therefore, he is either working in riba or cooperating with its people. It is obligatory for the Muslim to stay away from banks, not to be employed in them, and not to work in them. The doors of sustenance are wide, praise be to Allah, so he should seek sustenance through its permissible means.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is working in banks considered a form of riba (usury or interest), and consequently, is the salary of a bank employee forbidden?
Answer:
Working in banks is not permissible. If one works in riba transactions, the hadith applies to him: “May Allah curse
the one who accepted usury, the one who paid it, the witness to it, and the one who recorded it
اكل الربا وموكله وشاهده وكاتبهbut do not cooperate in sin and aggression
وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِTherefore, he is either working in riba or cooperating with its people. It is obligatory for the Muslim to stay away from banks, not to be employed in them, and not to work in them. The doors of sustenance are wide, praise be to Allah, so he should seek sustenance through its permissible means.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل معاملات البنوك ربا؟ وهل راتب موظف البنك حرام؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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