Working in a press institution that publishes both forbidden and permissible matters
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Q: I hope you will answer my question and guide me to what is best for me in my religion and my worldly life. The question is: I am an employee at one of the media institutions that operates in the field of journalism, meaning that it issues and publishes its own newspapers (al-jaraid) and magazines, and it also prints newspapers and magazines belonging to other institutions and takes a fee for the printing. As you know, these newspapers contain what is permissible and what is forbidden. Examples of what is permissible include publishing local and international news
so that citizens and residents are informed about what is happening on the local and international scenes. It also publishes some purposeful articles by certain writers, as well as cultural, medical, and sports information, and other government and commercial advertisements. Examples of what is forbidden include publishing pictures of women, writing about women’s beauty and women’s fashion, which is usually accompanied by pictures, and publishing news about artists and art, among other things. As for the nature of my job, it is as follows: I work in the warehouses, where I record what comes out and what comes in of materials (inks, rolls) in special registers, and then I enter them into the computer and check them. This is my current situation. After a month, more or less, I will transfer to the accounting department in the financial administration, by the will of Allah, due to my specialization. O honorable Mufti: Am I sinful for working there? Is my salary forbidden? Guide me on what I should do. Am I among those who contribute to evil, even though I have no involvement in the editing? And may Allah reward you with good.
A: If the work the questioner performs does not involve committing a forbidden matter, either directly or indirectly, then the money he receives in exchange for his work is permissible wealth, even though it is better for the questioner to look for another job that is free from any blemish.
so that citizens and residents are informed about what is happening on the local and international scenes. It also publishes some purposeful articles by certain writers, as well as cultural, medical, and sports information, and other government and commercial advertisements. Examples of what is forbidden include publishing pictures of women, writing about women’s beauty and women’s fashion, which is usually accompanied by pictures, and publishing news about artists and art, among other things. As for the nature of my job, it is as follows: I work in the warehouses, where I record what comes out and what comes in of materials (inks, rolls) in special registers, and then I enter them into the computer and check them. This is my current situation. After a month, more or less, I will transfer to the accounting department in the financial administration, by the will of Allah, due to my specialization. O honorable Mufti: Am I sinful for working there? Is my salary forbidden? Guide me on what I should do. Am I among those who contribute to evil, even though I have no involvement in the editing? And may Allah reward you with good.
A: If the work the questioner performs does not involve committing a forbidden matter, either directly or indirectly, then the money he receives in exchange for his work is permissible wealth, even though it is better for the questioner to look for another job that is free from any blemish.
Source
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