What is the ruling on working in an interest-based bank when savings are sufficient for a short period of living, coupled with a desire to build a house and postpone resignation for reasons such as difficult work conditions, searching for an alternative job, or attempting to change the bank from within to an Islamic bank?

Working in usurious banks is forbidden, especially in the field of bonds and the like. No department is exempt from this, because all employees cooperate in sin and aggression. However, if a person cannot find sustenance for himself and his dependents, it is permissible for him to remain due to necessity until he finds an alternative, and necessity is

estimated according to its extent. But if he has sufficient sustenance, he must leave the forbidden work immediately.