Fatwa #2234224 September 2012New Zealand

Can I work as a bank teller?

Checked by Mufti Ebrahim Desai

Question

Can i work as a bank teller in a bank that runs on interest?

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh

A bank teller is a staff member of the bank whose job entails dealing directly with the public and handling routine banking transactions like deposits, withdrawals, etc. If this is your job description then there is leeway to work as a bank teller.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Hussein Issa,
Student of Darul Iftaa

Mozambique

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net

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#2366Understand that working in a banking institution is not right. I feel that collecting interest and paying is haraam but obtaining a salary is not interest since it is money worked for.
#15993What is the islamic view on working for an investment bank or other financial institutions? is it haraam? are there any acceptabe roles in finance such as accounting? which i think does not involve interest. but i am not too sure.
#19466Living in a house bought through a loan from the bank. 2. Earning money from business running with interest. 3. Going for Umrah or Hajj every year while involved in interest.
#14199works in a Foreign Bank. His job is to call various people and ask them to take loan from the bank on interest.
#32941How come its permissible working in a bank as an inbound call centre agent when the source of income of the bank is from interest?
#18004Can an accountant work in company who is getting interest from bank from call accountant?
#16101I am working with a company in Middle East which is under construction. Currently all the payments including our salaries are made through Banking loans (interest based).

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