What is the ruling on working for a government company that distributes water and takes usurious loans to finance seawater desalination projects, while monitoring the expenditure of these funds without participating in the loan contract or calculating the interest?
There is no objection to working for the company and earning money from it, as long as the Muslim does not directly engage in or directly assist in anything unlawful. The fact that the company borrows with interest (riba) does not affect this.
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