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Is retrieving a message from a computer and presenting it to the manager for signature, which pertains to an interest-based loan for an employee from an interest-based bank, considered writing usury? And does the doer of that fall under the sin mentioned in the noble Hadith: "Allah has cursed the one who consumes usury, the one who gives it, the one who writes it, and its two witnesses"?

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Usury is forbidden. Drawing up its letters and presenting them to the manager for signature without writing them oneself does not constitute writing usury. However, it is a form of cooperation in sin, and its sinfulness may not be less than that of writing. It involves cooperation in sin and aggression, which Allah has forbidden, saying: "And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty." (Al-Ma'idah: 2). Therefore, you must repent and stop drawing up those letters.

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