Is it permissible to work as a lawyer if it involves defending the false?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to work as a lawyer, and if it involves defending the false, is it permissible?
Answer:
It involved defending falsehood, which is not permissible, and one must not argue on behalf of those who wrong themselves.[An-Nisa 4:36] They committed a grave sin, until He, the Exalted, said: [An-Nisa 4:109] Therefore, it is not permissible for a Muslim to defend a disbeliever or to protect him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to work as a lawyer, and if it involves defending the false, is it permissible?
Answer:
It involved defending falsehood, which is not permissible, and one must not argue on behalf of those who wrong themselves.
Indeed, Allah does not like those
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَHere you are - those who argue on their behalf in [this] worldly life - but who will argue with Allah for them on the Day of Resurrection, or who will [then] be their representative?
هَا أَنتُمْ هَٰؤُلَاءِ جَادَلْتُمْ عَنْهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فَمَن يُجَادِلُ اللَّهَ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَم مَّن يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2931 -3022] هل يجوز العمل في المحاماة إذا كان فيها دفاعاً عن الباطل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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