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Employee
of a bank wishes to perform Hajj using his earnings
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Question: I am an employee at a bank,
so is it permissible for me to perform Hajj
from my earnings?
Response:
Working in a bank which deals with ribaa
is not permissible.
This
is because it is assisting in sin and evil. And also, the
Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) cursed the one who ate/benefitted (aakil)
from ribaa,
as well as the one responsible (for the transactions), the
witnesses (to the transactions) and the one who writes (the
transactions).
Therefore,
the employee in reality is assisting the bank, even if he
is just a (bank) clerk. So he is cursed according to the text
of the hadeeth. Based upon this, the wage he earns is haraam,
and it is not permissible for him to eat/benefit from it and
nor to perform Hajj
with it. This is because the (performance of) Hajj
requires pure/good earnings from halaal (sources), however,
if he has (already) performed Hajj,
then his Hajj
is correct/sound but with sin (attached to it, i.e. lesser
in reward).
Shaykh
Ibn Fowzaan
al-Muntaqaa min Fataawa Fadheelatush-Shaykh Saalih Ibn Fowzaan
- Volume 4, Page121, Fatwa No.123
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