# Can I work as a recruiter if some of the jobs are in banking?

*Working as a recruiter when some of the jobs are in banking*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/26/
- Date: 2021-01-12 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #197 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:40:10–1:41:27)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=6010s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/

**Topics:** Work, study and daily routine; Money and finance

**Question as asked:** What about working as a recruiter, where some of the jobs one could recruit for are in banking? Should one rather steer clear of working for such a company?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Yes, he says one may work as a recruiter for such a company; it is not haram in his understanding.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says one may work for such a company and that these things are not haram in his understanding.

**Evidence, his words at 1:40:50:** “one may work for such a company indeed indeed these things are not haram in my understanding” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHntbMPis&t=6050s)

## Longer summary

A question asks about working as a recruiter where some of the jobs one could recruit for are in banking, and whether one should rather steer clear of such a company. Mufti Abu Layth says one may work for such a company, and that these things are not haram in his understanding. He then asks moderators to block anyone being rude in the comments.

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:40:10–1:41:27)

[1:40:10] all right so let's take a look at some of the right now what is this in what's going on mufti what about working as a recruiter for some of the jobs which one could recruit is banking but one could possibly steer clear of these jobs should one rather should one work for such a company rather people rather one

[1:40:50] one may work for such a company indeed indeed these things are not haram in my understanding mufti why you called yourself maliki that's a good question because i'm sorry just reading one of the other comments okay people behave in the comments behave and if any of them are uh trying to be rude to the mods mods

[1:41:26] you can block them okay so right um why call myself maliki that's a a good question it's because i am maliki you see in islam there were understandings of islam that were inherited and they have then how you practice islam how you pray how you do things your way of looking at the your kind of lens not neces you see the lens doesn't mean that the view is always the same because you and your geographical location will

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 1zgHntbMPis/s/26. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/1zghntbmpis/s/26/

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