What is the ruling on one who cannot trade except by placing his money in banks for the sake of foreign currency?
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The questioner : ... in Algeria, he has a problem. He is a trader in small goods and knows that it is not permissible for him to keep his money in interest-based banks, but he cannot buy the materials to trade in them except with paper currency, meaning ... and he cannot earn that paper currency except by placing his money in those banks. So what should he do?
The Shaykh : He cannot do what?
The questioner : That the Shaykh obtain that, the paper currency ... .
The Shaykh : Do not repeat the words. Tell me, he cannot do what?
The questioner : He cannot trade, because he works in small goods.
The Shaykh : And does the end justify the means?
The questioner : No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So what is this question?
The questioner : He asked me to ask, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And I ask you to convey to him the answer to what he asked about.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : He cannot do what?
The questioner : That the Shaykh obtain that, the paper currency ... .
The Shaykh : Do not repeat the words. Tell me, he cannot do what?
The questioner : He cannot trade, because he works in small goods.
The Shaykh : And does the end justify the means?
The questioner : No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So what is this question?
The questioner : He asked me to ask, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And I ask you to convey to him the answer to what he asked about.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.