What is the ruling on participating as a worker in a restaurant project whose capital comes from a usurious loan, knowing that the project owner offered the worker a share of the profit on condition that he undertakes the management of the project?
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The prohibition of money is not related to the money itself, but to the liability of the one who takes it. Therefore, it is permissible to work in a restaurant financed by an interest-based loan if the work itself is lawful. As for managing a restaurant for a percentage of the profit, there is a difference of opinion among scholars. The majority forbid it due to the uncertainty in the wage, while one narration from Ahmad permits it.
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