The ruling on working with the People in the Shops who deal in forbidden Transactions
Question :
What is the ruling on working with people in shops who deal in forbidden transactions that are not legislated, whether it is Riba transactions or forbidden forms of trickery or deceit or other than that from the transactions that are not legislated?
Answer:
Working with these people who deal with Riba or deceit or other than that of the forbidden things, is forbidden. This is due to the Statement of Allâh, the Most High:
"And do not cooperate in sin in transgression."
It is also due to His Statement:
"And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Qur'an) that when you hear the Verses of Allâh being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them."
This is also due to the Prophet's statement:
"Whoever among you sees an evil, then let him change it with his hand, and if he is not able, then with his tongue, and if he is not able, then with his heart."
Therefore, the worker who works with them and he does not change the situation with his hand, nor with his tongue, nor with his heart, then he is disobeying the Messenger.
Source:
Ash-Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaimin
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 4 Pages 400-401
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