Working in a Company that has Departments that Deal with Usury

8-11-2026 | IslamWeb

Question:

I have an offer from Visa to work as a director of sales/marketing responsible for promoting and selling Visa's technology and solutions to Government, e-commerce websites and platforms. I won't be directly responsible for credit cards but I want to check is there's any shob'ha it wouldn't be halal since the company overall has links to Credit Cards and riba.
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

If this company’s technologies and solutions are not specific to what is forbidden, but can be used in a permissible way or in a forbidden way, then the default ruling is that working there is permissible, as long as one can avoid the parts that relate to what is forbidden. But if what is forbidden makes up most of the services the company provides, then working there is not permissible, because the ruling follows what predominates. Al-Shawkani may Allaah have mercy upon him said in as-Sayl Al-Jarrar: “If the predominant use of the item being sold is a forbidden use, it is not permissible to sell it.” [End of quote]

Allah Knows best.

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