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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
In this fatwa:
If you can find a job that doesn’t involve interest-based transactions, you should pursue it. However, if no alternative exists, you may continue your current job if you aren’t directly involved in such transactions. Should you choose to stay, purifying your income tainted by interest-based haram dealings is essential.
Responding to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and an Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states:
If you can find a job that doesn’t involve interest-based transactions, you should pursue it. However, if no alternative exists, you may continue your current job if you aren’t directly involved in such transactions. Should you choose to stay, purifying your income tainted by interest-based haram dealings is essential.
Remember, seeking Allah’s forgiveness is a powerful act that can bring hope and reassurance. Give additional charity beyond the obligatory Zakah.
I offer this guidance based on Imam Ibn Taymiyya’s ruling regarding the purification of income from haram influences. He derived his insights from the verse: “Maintain prayer at both ends of the day and during parts of the night, for good deeds drive away bad ones—this is a reminder for the mindful.” (Hud 11:114).
Meanwhile, I encourage you to keep praying to Allah for job opportunities that are entirely pure and wholesome. Here is a supplication I recommend: Allahumma aghninee bi halalika an haramika wabi fadhlika amman siwaka “O Allah, grant me sufficiency through what You have made halal, so I am not driven to what is haram. Make me content with Your blessings, so I do not seek the favor of others.”
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Almighty Allah knows best.