Is it permissible to work in state facilities, knowing that the state takes loans from the World Bank?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh: And upon you peace.

The questioner : May Allah keep you, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you.

The questioner : How are you?

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.

The questioner: All right.

The Shaykh : May Allah make you well.

The questioner : Praise be to Allah, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : We have a question.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : Is it permissible to work in state facilities, knowing that the state takes loans from the World Bank?

The Shaykh : It is permissible to work if your work is not directly assisting the state, meaning, for example,

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : for example,

The questioner : you also take loans.

The Shaykh : Listen, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you.

The questioner: Amen.

The Shaykh : It is permissible if your work in itself does not involve direct assistance in disobedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), such as being, for example, an imam of a mosque, a preacher of a mosque, a servant of a mosque, or a teacher in a school teaching beneficial sciences, and the like. But if you work in direct assistance of what is forbidden by the Shari'ah, that is what is not permissible.

The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : And may Allah bless you, if Allah wills.