Friday, March 18, 2011

He did not know that working in a bank is haraam

He did not know that working in a bank is haraam
I did not know that working in a bank is haram. I have repented and left this position. What is the ruling on the wealth I gained from working in a bank? Is it haram?.

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And important note that we want to discuss and share with you its is about reading Quran and Reciting Holy Quran to understand it, Ramadan is the month when the beautiful the Holy Quran has been revealed.  A miracle by the creator of the worlds, Allah (SWT)  Should we not glorify him by reading the gift he has sent down for us and learn Arabic Quran by heart  to feel the power of it and learn is with translation to understand it and let our heart fill will tears of glory and wash away our sins  “Will they not meditate on the Quran, or are there locks on the hearts”, read Holy Quran, Surah Muhammad, Verse 24.

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Praise be to Allaah.

So long as you did not know that this work is haraam, and you
left this job as soon as you found out that it is haraam, then you do not
have to get rid of this wealth, and there is nothing wrong with you
benefiting from it, because Allaah says, after stating that riba is haraam
(interpretation of the meaning):

“So whosoever receives an admonition from his Lord and
stops consuming Riba, shall not be punished for the past”

[al-Baqarah 2:275]. 

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Among the things that we learn from this verse is that whatever a person
took of riba before learning of the prohibition is permissible for him, on
the condition that he repent and stops (dealing with riba). End quote. 

Tafseer Soorat al-Baqarah 2:377 

The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas
said: 

With regard to the period during which you worked in the
bank, we hope that Allaah will forgive you for that sin. With regard to the
wealth that you accumulated and received because of working in the bank
during that period, there is no sin on you for that, because you were
unaware of the ruling concerning that. 

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzaaq
‘Afeefi, Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Qa’ood. 

Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah
(15/46). 

They also said: 

If the situation is as you describe, and you gave up working
there after being told that it is not permissible to work in a bank, then
there is no sin on you with regard to what you received from the bank in
return for working there for the number of months mentioned, and you do not
have to give it in charity; it is sufficient for you to repent from that,
may Allaah forgive us and you, because Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning): “Allaah has permitted trading and forbidden Riba. So whosoever
receives an admonition from his Lord and stops consuming Riba, shall not be
punished for the past; his case is for Allaah (to judge)” [al-Baqarah 2:275].
End quote. 

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzaaq
‘Afeefi, Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Qa’ood. 

Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (15/50, 51).

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