security guard. The supermarket isin the UK and sell haraam products
such as alcohol and tobacco also. I am worried about working there as
i may have to stop people that steal alcohol and be included inthe
chain of transporting and guarding it. Can you give a clear answer.
Also it is very difficult to work anywhere in the UK without it being
linked to haraam income so what would you advise?
For example most jobs are linked to insurance, riba, alcohol etc. I am
finding it hard to get a halal job
Praise be to Allah.
There is nothing wrong with working as a securityguard in a
supermarket, but if this store sells haraam things such as alcohol and
pork, it is not permissible to work there either as a guard or a
cashier, because that implies approval of evil and because of what you
mention of helping to transport it. This is emphatically forbidden
because of the report narrated by Abu Dawood (3674) and Ibn Maajah
(3380) from Ibn 'Umar who said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Allaah has cursed khamr (alcohol)
and the one who drinks it,the one who pours it, the one who sells it,
the one who buys it, the one who squeezes it, the one for whom it is
squeezed, the one who carries it and theone to whom it is carried."
Classed as saheehby al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. For more
information concerning the ruling on carrying andtransporting alcohol
for someone else, please see the answer to question no. 96739
Based on that, you shouldlook for a job that is befitting for the
Muslim who is proud of his religion, follows its commands and heeds
its prohibitions. You should take measures to find permissible ways of
earning a living. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of
the meaning):
"And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Quran) that
when you hear the Verses of Allah being denied and mocked at, then sit
not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if
you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them"
[an-Nisa' 4:140]
"And when you (Muhammad SAW) see those who engage in a false
conversation about Our Verses (of the Quran) by mocking at them, stay
away from them till they turn to another topic. Andif Shaitan (Satan)
causes you to forget, then after the remembrance sit not you in the
company of those people who are the Zalimoon (polytheists
andwrongdoers, etc.)"
[al-An 'am 6:68]
"And those who do not witness falsehood, and if they pass by some evil
play or evil talk, they passby it with dignity"
[al-Furqaan 25:72].
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on) said:"Falsehood" includes
all kinds of evil. That includesshirk (associating others with Allah),
kufr (disbelief), the festivals of the mushrikeen (those who associate
others withAllah), gathering to drink alcohol and smoke, songs,musical
instruments, movies and other evils. Something similar was stated by
al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer in his commentary on this verse.
End quote from Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 27/429
Shaykh Khaalid ibn 'Ali al-Mushayqih (may Allah preserve him) was
asked about working in the management of a hotel that sells alcohol.
He replied:
There is no doubt whatsoever that the one who welcomes guests in such
a hotel and prepares accommodation for them is a partner in that sin.
I advise the brother to keep away from that and to try hard to look
for permissible work even if it brings a lower income.
"And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a
way for him to get out (from every difficulty).
3. And He will provide himfrom (sources) he never could imagin"
[al-Talaaq 65:2-3].
He should try hard to lookfor permissible work and when he finds that
he should move to that job.
End quote from a fatwa by Shaykh Khaalid ibn 'Ali al-Mushayqih (on the
Internet).
For more information please see the answer to question no. 96739
To sum up, it is not permissible for you to work in these and similar
places even if you need towork. For more information please see the
answer to questions no. 82886 and 31781
You have to offer a great deal of du'aa' (supplication) to Allah
andbeseech Him, for He is the One in Whose hand are the stores of
heaven and earth and He is able to help you and make thingseasy for
you.
For more information on the means that help to bring a response to du'aa',
And Allah knows best.
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