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What is the ruling on working as an accountant in a government entity and entering data for bank loans for employees, where it is required to deduct the installment amount from the employee's salary without knowledge of the interest between the bank and the employee, and what is the ruling on transferring deduction statements for employee loans to banks?

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Even if the questioner’s work does not create an usurious loan, it nevertheless affirms it and aids in its execution, which is not permissible. Sheikh Ibn Baz and the Permanent Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked about the ruling on the work of an accountant who records usurious transactions in the company’s ledgers, and they replied that it is not permissible, stating that the scribe of usury is one who documents or records it. In such cases, we advise leaving the job and seeking another, unless it is a necessity.

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