Reference: Silsilah Kitaab ad-Da’wah (1), al-Fataawa v1 p142
Question: Is the salary which the employees of banks in general receive, and Arab banks specifically, halaal or haraam, since I have heard that it is haraam because the banks deal with ribaa in some of their transactions?
I request you advise me since I want to work in one of the banks.
Response: It is not permissible to work in banks which deal with ribaa, because in doing so is assisting them in sin and transgression, as Allaah سبحانه و تعالى says:
And it is authenticated from the Prophet ﷺ that he cursed those who ate/benefitted (aakil) from ribaa as well as the one responsible [for the transactions], the one who writes [the transactions] and the witnesses [to the transactions], and he said:
, transmitted by Imaam Muslim.
