What is the ruling on taking money from a person who has deposited his money in a bank?
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The questioner : Shaykh, we asked you two days ago about bank money. A person has put his money in the bank. Is it permissible for one to take from him?
The Shaykh : Since you asked me, why are you asking me?
The questioner : But you did not complete the question for us, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : We did not complete the question.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you mean we did not complete the answer?
The questioner : We did not complete the answer, yes.
The Shaykh : The questioner : The answer—may Allah bless you—is that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says in the Noble Qur'an:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2], and there is no doubt that every Muslim who deposits his money in a bank is cooperating with the bank that fights Allah and His Messenger. Consequently, the one who cooperates with the one who fights Allah and His Messenger is cooperating in evil. Therefore, if there is a righteous Muslim who does not want to put impure or forbidden money into his stomach, then the money of this usurer is, without doubt, forbidden. If he is invited to eat and he breaks the fast as if the host’s money were all lawful, then this is not permissible. However, if he responds to the invitation of this usurer in order to seize the opportunity to advise him whenever the occasion arises, including his response to his invitation, then it may be said that responding is permissible, otherwise it is not. Have I given you the complete answer now?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh, but... one last thing: the person who has put his money in the bank wants to help a person by giving him money so that he can travel with it.
The Shaykh : To do what?
The questioner : To travel with it.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : To travel.
The Shaykh : To travel.
The questioner : Yes, to seek knowledge?
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : I mean this...
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : Okay, O Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Since you asked me, why are you asking me?
The questioner : But you did not complete the question for us, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : We did not complete the question.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you mean we did not complete the answer?
The questioner : We did not complete the answer, yes.
The Shaykh : The questioner : The answer—may Allah bless you—is that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says in the Noble Qur'an:
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَلا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِThe questioner : Yes, Shaykh, but... one last thing: the person who has put his money in the bank wants to help a person by giving him money so that he can travel with it.
The Shaykh : To do what?
The questioner : To travel with it.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : To travel.
The Shaykh : To travel.
The questioner : Yes, to seek knowledge?
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : I mean this...
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : Okay, O Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good.
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