Dr. Monzer Kahf, a prominent economist and counselor states: “Working as a software developer in these companies is permissible even though they are involved interest-based companies. That is of course as long as one do not sign an interest contract, write it, authorize it to be signed, prepare the client assessment and credit worthiness for a specific interest contract, etc. Because these activities are part of giving interest-based loan general research alone is not prohibited. One also must remember that this kind of work includes helping other people make interest-based transactions, therefore it is not the best job in the world from Shari’ah point of view!”