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What should I do with in-kind gifts I receive from usurious banks due to my work as an accountant, knowing that I cannot refuse them and cannot donate them as charity because they are recreational gifts that are difficult for the poor to benefit from? Should I dispose of them by destruction, or donate their monetary value and then benefit from them, or benefit from them while trying to conceal the bank's logo?

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It is not permissible for employees to accept gifts offered to them by usurious banks or any other entities they deal with, except with the permission of their employers. If the employers grant permission, then there is no harm in accepting them, even if they are from a usurious bank; this is because the bank's money is mixed with both lawful and unlawful elements, and accepting the gift in such a case is merely disliked (makruh) and not prohibited (haram).

If the employers do not grant permission, then it is not permissible to accept the gifts, because they are offered to them due to their work, to win their favor. If it is impossible to return the gift to the bank, it should be added to the company's assets, and the employee should neither benefit from it nor destroy it. If the company does not accept it, it should be spent for a general Muslim welfare, such as charitable organizations, or its value should be given as charity, and the employee may then benefit from it. The bank's logo on the gift must be destroyed—if possible—without destroying the gift itself, because retaining the logo constitutes promotion and advertisement for the bank.

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