Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

If someone doing job for education fees no other way of income whats he gona do? I read on your website its haram to work in banks?

· 16 Rabiʻ I 1424 AH1 min readFatwa 8652English

Question

Actually i m doing job in bank i have no other way of income for paying my education fees.I m still looking for another job but its not easy to get.What am i going to do?Plz guide me?I read on your website its haram to work in banks?Either i carry on or not?If i quit that job i ll not carry on my studies?

Answer

If you have to support yourself and/or your dependants and you do not have any source of income, you may continue working at the bank until you find another suitable job. Once you have found an alternative, then only should you quit working at the bank.

However, you should exhaust every possible avenue in looking for an alternate job.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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