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How can one repent from dealing with usurious banks in a company that suffers from problems and lacks immediate cash liquidity for repayment?

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There are two scenarios for dealing with companies involved in usurious transactions: The first is the permissibility of working if the permissible dealings are separate from the usurious ones, and the worker in the permissible section does not assist in usury. The second is the impermissibility of working if the lawful mixes with the unlawful, or if the worker is a manager of the company overseeing both, in which case he must leave the job unless the lawful is separated from the unlawful and he works only in the lawful.

As for previous usurious contracts, the company must get rid of them by returning the borrowed money without interest. If it is compelled to pay them, then it should do so, and the sin for it lies with the one who takes it. It is not obligatory to repay these debts immediately because it is money seized through a corrupt contract, and it should be returned to its owner unless he agrees to the delay.

Whoever directly participated in or assisted in usury must repent and immediately cease. As for the salary, it is the worker's right; what was in return for permissible work has no issue, and what was in return for the other work is a wage for assisting in the unlawful, and it is due according to the majority of scholars, contrary to the Hanbalis.

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