Source Attribution
This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī.
A point worthy of reflection here is: why are the one who records interest and its witnesses cursed along with the one who consumes and pays it—despite the fact that they neither took nor gave interest?
It should be remembered that this curse is due to assisting in an interest-based transaction, and assisting in sin is prohibited.
Allah the Exalted says:
“Cooperate with one another in righteousness and piety, and do not cooperate in sin and transgression. Fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in punishment.”
Therefore, a person who works as a security guard at a bank is also assisting in sin by safeguarding interest-based wealth. For this reason, such a job is not permissible.
This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī.
Question
Is it permissible to work as a security guard at a bank?Answer
Those who work in banks—such as managers and others—become deserving of curse due to their participation in interest-based transactions. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has cursed the one who consumes interest, the one who pays it, the one who records it, and its witnesses, and he declared them equal in sin.«لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ، وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: هُمْ سَوَاءٌ»
Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Musāqāh, Bāb Laʿn Ākil al-Ribā wa Mūkilih: 1598
A point worthy of reflection here is: why are the one who records interest and its witnesses cursed along with the one who consumes and pays it—despite the fact that they neither took nor gave interest?
It should be remembered that this curse is due to assisting in an interest-based transaction, and assisting in sin is prohibited.
Allah the Exalted says:
﴿وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ﴾
Reference: Al-Mā’idah: 2
“Cooperate with one another in righteousness and piety, and do not cooperate in sin and transgression. Fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in punishment.”
Therefore, a person who works as a security guard at a bank is also assisting in sin by safeguarding interest-based wealth. For this reason, such a job is not permissible.
