The ruling on working in stores that sell cosmetics which are visited by women who display their adornment?

Question : Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: My brother works as a seller of women’s cosmetics, and most of those who come to him are women, and they are displaying their adornment. He is the one who provides for the household. Is this work permissible or not permissible? And is the money he earns from this work lawful or forbidden?

Answer : This work is permissible, and the fact that the women come displaying their adornment is not from their doing. He should advise them. But if he finds fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in himself, then it is obligatory for him to hasten to leave this work. Because the means of fitnah have rulings and objectives. So if he sees that his soul is tempted by these women who come to buy what is in cosmetics, then he must leave this work and engage in another job that is far from women. Yes. May Allah reward you.