Banking: Permissibility of Receiving Salary for Working in Ribā-Related Bank Departments

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Banking: Permissibility of Receiving Salary for Working in Ribā-Related Bank Departments

English:

Question #1933:

Is it permissible to take receipt of the salary for working in such bank departments as credits, accountancy, and administration?

Answer #1933:

There is no harm in working in any of the abovementioned banking departments. Nor is there any harm in receiving the salary paid for working there unless the work is related in any way to a ḥarām transaction.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Banking