1. I got a offer to work in company I am an accountant working in Botswana ( i am a srilankan), In that company there is three division the main one is fencing second one is related to that third one is resturant. my question is in that restruant he is selling pork and also to cater muslim he has separated every thing for e.g. fridge, grills, buying stuff, specail que. can I work in that company has an accountant.
2. Can an accountant work in company who is getting interest from bank from call accountant but his main income is not a interest, if i am not invloving in calculating intrest on that company where bank is calculating that and giving to them, i am not invloved in any calculation of intrest. pls let me know any full knowledge on this even if i am missed on my question and any further question that you hav answered.
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
According to an authentic Hadeeth of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), those who invoke the curse of Allah Ta’ala with regards to a transaction of interest, includes a person who has written down the actual deal of interest. However, this Hadeeth refers to that person who has written an agreement or prepared the document to evidence the actual transaction.
عن جابر قال لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم آكل الربا وموكله وكاتبه وشاهديه وقال هم سواء. (رواه مسلم)
Hazrath Jabir (Radhiyallahu Anhu) narrates that Nabi (Sallahu ‘Alaihi Wasallam) cursed those who are involved in usury; whether it is the person who is giving usury, receiving it, writing the transaction or witnessing it.
(Sahih Muslim Vol.11 Pg.28 – Dar al-Ma’rifah)
The commentators of Hadith explain that whilst the abovementioned narration explicitly forbids one from writing the transactions of interest, it does not include those people or accountants who record these transactions later and were not involved in the transaction itself.
وهذا إنما يقع على من واطأ صاحب الربا عليه فأما من كتبه أو شهد القصة ليشهد بها على ما هي عليه ليعمل فيها بالحق فهذا جميل القصد لا يدخل في الوعيد المذكور وإنما يدخل فيه من أعان صاحب الربا بكتابته وشهادته
(Fath al-Bari (Ibn Hajr) Vol.4 Pg.394 – Qadeemi Kutub Khana)
(Contemporary Fatawa (Mufti Taqi Usmani) Pg.160 – Idara-e-Islamiyat)
However, an accountant or auditor who records these interest bearing transactions as an event that has already happened, and is not directly involved in these transactions, does not directly fall within the ambit of the warning of the abovementioned Hadith.
And Allah knows best
Wassalamu Alaikum
Ml. Ebrahim Desai,
Student Darul Iftaa
Checked and Approved by:
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In’aamiyyah