O Shaykh, you have forbidden dealing with banks, so with whom are we to deal, O Shaykh?
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The questioner : Hello, hello, hello.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Hello, Shaykh Al-Albani.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : How is your health?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : My master.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Welcome to a colleague of ours who asked you that regarding bank interest, whether it is Islamic or non-Islamic, meaning, with whom do we go to deal?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : And how do we deal? With whom do we go to...
The Shaykh : I do not know with whom you deal; I am not a trader like you.
The questioner : Huh? A trader?
The Shaykh : My brother, I do not know; did you understand or not? I do not know with whom you deal, but I know that you deal with your Lord in accordance with what He has commanded you, and riba (usury or interest) is forbidden; that is what I know.
The questioner : As for whether it is Islamic or non-Islamic?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Hello, Shaykh Al-Albani.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : How is your health?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : My master.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Welcome to a colleague of ours who asked you that regarding bank interest, whether it is Islamic or non-Islamic, meaning, with whom do we go to deal?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : And how do we deal? With whom do we go to...
The Shaykh : I do not know with whom you deal; I am not a trader like you.
The questioner : Huh? A trader?
The Shaykh : My brother, I do not know; did you understand or not? I do not know with whom you deal, but I know that you deal with your Lord in accordance with what He has commanded you, and riba (usury or interest) is forbidden; that is what I know.
The questioner : As for whether it is Islamic or non-Islamic?