What is the ruling on working in companies that deal with riba banks? And what is the ruling on taking an end-of-service bonus from them?
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The questioner: So, regarding the question about the company you asked me about, the one that facilitates riba or deals with banks, does it do this... for the employees' salaries?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner: Well, what about the end-of-service bonus?
The Shaykh: What kind of bonus?
The questioner: End-of-service, meaning, for example, a person works for twenty years, and they give him a sum in addition to the agency fee.
The Shaykh: Who gives it?
The questioner: The company. This is the end-of-service bonus; they give one month's salary for each year.
The Shaykh: Who do they give it to?
The questioner: The employee.
The Shaykh: Alright, we have discussed it. It is not befitting for a person to be an employee in a company, my brother, as long as it deals with banks.
The questioner: Meaning he should leave?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: And peace be upon you. Welcome.
The questioner: Our Shaykh, please make du'a for us. We are traveling on Thursday.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner: Please make du'a for us.
The Shaykh: May you be successful, if Allah wills. We entrust your religion, your trust, and the conclusion of your deeds to Allah. Welcome.
The questioner: May our Lord preserve you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: My greetings to everyone, if Allah wills.
The questioner: May Allah preserve you, if Allah wills. It will reach, O Shaykh. It will reach, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: May Allah bless you. Welcome.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, the...
The Shaykh: And you likewise... Welcome, welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: Welcome, and peace be upon you...
The questioner: Our Shaykh, may Allah grant you well-being.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: May our Lord record reward for you, O Professor.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: May Allah preserve you all.
The questioner : O Allah, amen.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Do you advise us about something, O our Shaykh?
The Shaykh: ... Abu al-'Abd! How are you? Excuse me, how are you?
The questioner: Praise be to Allah, if Allah wills, I am well?
The Shaykh: How are you?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: Where were you hiding?
The questioner: In the corners, there are hiding places, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner: And in the hiding places, there are remnants.
The Shaykh: So, where did 'Abd al-Rahman go?
The questioner: 'Abd al-Rahman!
The Shaykh: So, how are you?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner: Well, what about the end-of-service bonus?
The Shaykh: What kind of bonus?
The questioner: End-of-service, meaning, for example, a person works for twenty years, and they give him a sum in addition to the agency fee.
The Shaykh: Who gives it?
The questioner: The company. This is the end-of-service bonus; they give one month's salary for each year.
The Shaykh: Who do they give it to?
The questioner: The employee.
The Shaykh: Alright, we have discussed it. It is not befitting for a person to be an employee in a company, my brother, as long as it deals with banks.
The questioner: Meaning he should leave?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: And peace be upon you. Welcome.
The questioner: Our Shaykh, please make du'a for us. We are traveling on Thursday.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner: Please make du'a for us.
The Shaykh: May you be successful, if Allah wills. We entrust your religion, your trust, and the conclusion of your deeds to Allah. Welcome.
The questioner: May our Lord preserve you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: My greetings to everyone, if Allah wills.
The questioner: May Allah preserve you, if Allah wills. It will reach, O Shaykh. It will reach, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: May Allah bless you. Welcome.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, the...
The Shaykh: And you likewise... Welcome, welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: Welcome, and peace be upon you...
The questioner: Our Shaykh, may Allah grant you well-being.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: May our Lord record reward for you, O Professor.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: May Allah preserve you all.
The questioner : O Allah, amen.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Do you advise us about something, O our Shaykh?
The Shaykh: ... Abu al-'Abd! How are you? Excuse me, how are you?
The questioner: Praise be to Allah, if Allah wills, I am well?
The Shaykh: How are you?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: Where were you hiding?
The questioner: In the corners, there are hiding places, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner: And in the hiding places, there are remnants.
The Shaykh: So, where did 'Abd al-Rahman go?
The questioner: 'Abd al-Rahman!
The Shaykh: So, how are you?
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