Re: What about banking Job
ARM bro! Not sure if you were joking about banking sector jobs. I hope you were.
It is not good to stop young Muslims from acquiring a decent job.
Here is a quotation from Islam online:
Here is the fatwa issued by Dr. Monzer Kahf, a prominent economist and counselor, who states:
It is permissible to work in any department in a conventional bank, credit department, the IT or software department or others, as long as you do not prepare any interest-based contracts or sign them on behalf of the bank.
This is the opinion of the greatest Shari`ah scholar of our time, the late Sheikh Mustafa Al-Zarqa (died 1999), Sheikh Al-Qaradawi, Sheikh As-Salami of Tunisia and Sheikh Adh-Dhareer of Sudan. The argument is that such jobs in conventional banks are not included in the wrath of Allah that is mentioned by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the giver of riba (interest), its taker, its writer and its two witnesses (reported by Muslim). Besides, a prohibition of working in banks places unnecessary inconvenience and hardship on Muslims both in the Muslim majority countries and Muslim communities of other countries.
Dr. Monzer adds:
Working in conventional banks is not haram unless the worker is in the area of making loan contracts with customers. If you are in IT, you do not make these contracts and your work is permissible. To claim otherwise requires evidence from Shariah because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) declared that the wrath of Allah is on the riba's taker, giver, writer and witnesses. You do not have to extend this lanah (wrath) to word processors, tellers, IT or software persons and guards of a bank. Besides, not all conventional banks’ activities are in the area of interest; they also provide several other permissible services.