Is it forbidden for a wife to work as an employee in a bank that deals with interest-bearing loans, and are the husband, the wife, and everyone who deals with these banks sinful, and are the funds acquired from the government, which relies on suspicious sources, forbidden?
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It is not permissible to work in interest-based banks, including the bank mentioned, because it constitutes cooperation in sin and aggression, which is forbidden by His Almighty's saying: "And do not cooperate in sin and aggression." The husband must prevent his wife from working there, in accordance with His Almighty's saying: "O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire." The fact that an employee's salary comes from suspicious funds does not justify working in an interest-based field.
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