Ruling on working in a law company whose field of work is financial markets
Question

                Is it permissible to work as an IT personal in a law firm if you know the firm mainly involved in Financial Market deals like Mergers and Acquisitions, IPO (Initial Public offerings of new stocks). Besides the firm may be have operations with loan-debt related work. For more information the company name is... .
Praise be to Allah.Financial markets are 
    filled with things that are contrary to sharee’ah and often involve haraam 
    things, such as buying and selling currencies and gold without the 
    transaction being done hand to hand between the two parties, or dealing with 
    some systems such as the FOREX and Margin (for the rulings on these please 
    see the answer to question no. 93334; 
    dealing with these is haraam); buying and selling shares in companies and 
    factories that deal in haraam things; buying and selling shares in banks and 
    organizations that are purely riba-based; and many other things. 
If a person works in a 
    company or organization that supervises transactions in the financial 
    markets or other places in which Allaah is disobeyed, such as hotels and 
    tourist resorts, he will not be free of taking part to some extent in sin, 
    and will be helping in sin and transgression, especially if his job is 
    directly involved in organizing haraam actions or dealing with interest 
    (riba). 
Allaah has forbidden the 
    Muslim to disobey Him, and He has also forbidden him to help the sinner in 
    his sin. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):  
“Help you one another in 
    Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one 
    another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe 
    in punishment”
[al-Maa’idah 5:2]
Hence from looking at the 
    nature of this work that this company does, we do not think that it is a 
    permissible job, rather it is haraam, because it directly involves recording 
    riba and recording sin and disobedience. This not only has to do with the 
    work of the company itself, rather the company asked about is a law firm 
    that takes care of the interests of its clients and defends them, and seeks 
    their dues of their money, which may be money that involves pure riba. Its 
    work is also not free of other things that are contrary to sharee’ah, 
    because of the nature of its licence as a law firm. All of its work is based 
    on man-made laws, not on sharee’ah, so how can it be halaal work? 
The scholars of the 
    Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas said: It is not permissible for a 
    Muslim to work in a bank or organization or company or for any individual 
    who deals in riba, because of the evidence which indicates that riba is 
    haraam, as is helping with riba. There are many jobs, and if a person fears 
    Allaah, He will make things easy for him. The wording of the hadeeth is: The 
    Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed 
    the one who consumes riba and the one who pays it, the one who writes it 
    down and the two who witness it, and he said: they are all the same.  
    Narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh. Al-Bukhaari narrated part of it 
    from Abu Juhayfah (may Allaah be pleased with him) with the words: The 
    Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed 
    the one who consumes riba, the one who pays it, the woman who does tattoos, 
    the woman who has them done, and the image-maker. End quote. 
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn 
    Baaz, Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Ghadyaan. 
Fataawa al-Lajnah 
    al-Daa’imah (15/49). 
For information on the 
    ruling on working as a lawyer, please see the answers to questions no.
    9496 and
    82799. 
You should look for another 
    job, and stop thinking about working in this company. We ask Allaah to 
    compensate you with good for your strong faith and to grant you goodly 
    provision in this world. 
And Allaah knows best.