Is it permissible for a person to deposit his money in banks for fear that it will be stolen?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, regarding someone who fears for his money that it will be lost, for example, if he takes it out, say, millions of dollars, meaning if he takes it out of the bank, they will steal it. Is it permissible for him to deposit it in the bank to preserve his money?
The Shaykh : If someone other than you had said that.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, we are asking only because we benefit from it.
The Shaykh : Yes, but not every question is good.
The questioner : Please, O Shaykh, because I have heard from some scholars...
The Shaykh : Of course, I heard a fatwa that you...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ...and they permitted the major bank customers to deposit their funds in the disbelievers' banks.
The questioner : How do you mean the disbelievers' banks, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : They permitted, for the sake of the theory you mentioned just now, to deposit their funds, which amount to millions, in the disbelievers' banks. Do you not understand this statement?
The questioner: Understood
The Shaykh : Ah, the point, may Allah reward you, is that Muslims today are in a trial of faith. They forgot Allah, so He made them forget themselves. Our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, says in the Noble Qur'an:[At-Talaq 65:2-3] So now the scales of faith have been overturned into material scales. Muslims no longer think about the lawful means, but only about the material means. And Islam, without a doubt, does not forbid the Muslim to resort to the means that are permissible by the Shari'ah, not only for the preservation of wealth, but also for the preservation of health and the like. But if the means are contrary to the Shari'ah...
The Shaykh : If someone other than you had said that.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, we are asking only because we benefit from it.
The Shaykh : Yes, but not every question is good.
The questioner : Please, O Shaykh, because I have heard from some scholars...
The Shaykh : Of course, I heard a fatwa that you...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ...and they permitted the major bank customers to deposit their funds in the disbelievers' banks.
The questioner : How do you mean the disbelievers' banks, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : They permitted, for the sake of the theory you mentioned just now, to deposit their funds, which amount to millions, in the disbelievers' banks. Do you not understand this statement?
The questioner: Understood
The Shaykh : Ah, the point, may Allah reward you, is that Muslims today are in a trial of faith. They forgot Allah, so He made them forget themselves. Our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, says in the Noble Qur'an:
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
و من يتق الله يجعل له مخرجا و يرزقه من حيث لا يحتسب
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