Are the salaries of those who work in riba-based banks lawful for them or not?
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The questioner : Are the salaries of those who work in riba-based banks lawful?
The Shaykh : Is their work lawful?
The questioner : The bank has sectors...
The Shaykh : The question is: Is their work lawful?
The questioner : The answer will come.
The Shaykh : Answer.
The questioner : The bank has sectors: purely riba-based sectors and sectors free of riba, containing no trace of it whatsoever.
The Shaykh : But they are considered part of the bank or a government entity that deals in riba and does not deal in riba.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I see that it is not permissible, even if he works in a sector that has no riba... the social status remains forbidden.
The questioner : But the error in his earnings is taking them because of the work.
The Shaykh : Not because of his forbidden work, because it is not permissible to agree with the bank.
The Shaykh : Is their work lawful?
The questioner : The bank has sectors...
The Shaykh : The question is: Is their work lawful?
The questioner : The answer will come.
The Shaykh : Answer.
The questioner : The bank has sectors: purely riba-based sectors and sectors free of riba, containing no trace of it whatsoever.
The Shaykh : But they are considered part of the bank or a government entity that deals in riba and does not deal in riba.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I see that it is not permissible, even if he works in a sector that has no riba... the social status remains forbidden.
The questioner : But the error in his earnings is taking them because of the work.
The Shaykh : Not because of his forbidden work, because it is not permissible to agree with the bank.