________________________________________________________________________ | w w w |\ | || || | || |\ | o_,_7 _|| . _o_7 _|| 4_|_|| o_w_, |\ | ( : / (_) / ( . |\ | |\ | || || | || |T | | || | |\ | . _, _8 |_D_|| . _,_,_,_D_|| 4_|| q ]_o_7_o _|_c 4_|_|| _|,_p q |\ | (_): / (_): . : / (_S (_S / |\ | |\ | In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the All-Merciful |\ | Greeting of Allah be upon Muhammad and the pure members of his House |\ |_______________________________________________________________________|\ Salamun 'Alaykum The following question was kindly answered by Br. Hamid. Fee Amanillah, Akil Karim Acting Moderator for ABDG-A ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- I would like to know if any of the following are haram with references from more than one source/marj'yyeh QUESTION 1: Is it haram to invest in bonds? ANSWER 1: Yes, because an agreement is made between the lender and the government that a fixed amount of interest will yield on the principal of the bonds. However, if no such condition is stated and with the understanding that you would not require the borrower to pay you interest, then in that case you can invest in such ventures and use the full amount of interest, if it is a bank of the unbelievers (kafir). If it is a Muslim bank, then you have to distribute half of the interest money to the poor and the other half belongs to you. SOURCE: Ayat. Khu'i, Masa'ilah wa Rudud, p. 113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION 2: Is it haram to be a loan officer? ANSWER 2: Yes. See the text of the fatwa below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION 3: Is it haram to charge interest to a customer on behalf of the financial institution if that is part of your job? QUESTION 4: Is it haram to work in a bank?(I am asking this again because Dr. Liyakat said it is ok but Dr. mavani gave a text from Seyyid Fadhlullah {whose taqleed I do not follow by the way} saying that it is haram to work with riba under any circumstances?) QUESTION 5: Can you please specify which tasks if any are haram for someone to do that deal with riba?(I am asking the respected scholars to cite SPECIFIC TASKS,JOBS that are out there and nothing general?) ANSWER TO QUESTIONS 3, 4 AND 5: The following is the translation of the fatwa of Ayat. Khu'i from "Masa'ilah wa Rudud," p. 112. Issue no. 319: Is it permissible to work in banks dealing with interest? RESPONSE: In His Name, the Exalted. That is not permissible except if his work is not primarily linked to riba (interest) transactions like a sweeper [janitor], guard, driver and similar to them. And God knows best. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the issue of receiving interest, Ayat. Seestani's ruling is the same as Ayat. Khui. However, the former does not say in his resalah anything about working in banks that deal in interest. Most probably his opinion would be the same. On the issue of riba, there is almost unanimity amongst the jurists because of explicit verses from the Quran that prohibit it. wa bi-l-laahi-t-tawfiq, Hamid Mavani