Any work that involves assisting in sin is not permissible to engage in
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The questioner : Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace, please raise your voice. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : Is the question over the phone? Yes. The phone question program? Yes. Okay, please, I work at a computer company? Yes. I work at a computer company. Okay, okay, the question. I work at a computer company, yes, and then we have a card called a video card that works on the computer, it makes the computer like a television, is that okay, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Do not work in this job.
The questioner : Not even in the department for cameras and fax machines.
The Shaykh : Absolutely not, because you do not know what is being photographed with it, and the people who use it are mostly those who do not care, unless it is a person you know will only photograph something that is permissible.
The questioner : Mostly, Shaykh, they are permissible things.
The Shaykh : Mostly they are permissible.
The questioner : Yes, and the fax machines, they told me the fax machines and telephones and so on.
The Shaykh : Now, as long as the majority of what is done with them is permissible, there is no harm.
The questioner : Yes, okay, Shaykh, may Allah do us and you good, except for the gaming department, which is specific within the same company, yes, the gaming department where the man wants to work with them in the same company, but the general money goes to the manager and he takes a part of the salary, surely, from these television machines, is it permissible to work in the gaming department?
The Shaykh : As I told you, any work that involves assisting in sin is not permissible to engage in.
The questioner : Even if it is in a way.
The Shaykh :[Al-Ma'idah 5:2].
The presenter : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : Is the question over the phone? Yes. The phone question program? Yes. Okay, please, I work at a computer company? Yes. I work at a computer company. Okay, okay, the question. I work at a computer company, yes, and then we have a card called a video card that works on the computer, it makes the computer like a television, is that okay, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Do not work in this job.
The questioner : Not even in the department for cameras and fax machines.
The Shaykh : Absolutely not, because you do not know what is being photographed with it, and the people who use it are mostly those who do not care, unless it is a person you know will only photograph something that is permissible.
The questioner : Mostly, Shaykh, they are permissible things.
The Shaykh : Mostly they are permissible.
The questioner : Yes, and the fax machines, they told me the fax machines and telephones and so on.
The Shaykh : Now, as long as the majority of what is done with them is permissible, there is no harm.
The questioner : Yes, okay, Shaykh, may Allah do us and you good, except for the gaming department, which is specific within the same company, yes, the gaming department where the man wants to work with them in the same company, but the general money goes to the manager and he takes a part of the salary, surely, from these television machines, is it permissible to work in the gaming department?
The Shaykh : As I told you, any work that involves assisting in sin is not permissible to engage in.
The questioner : Even if it is in a way.
The Shaykh :
but do not cooperate in sin and aggression
وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِThe presenter : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2647- كل عمل يكون فيه معونة على الأثم لا يجوز الاشتغال به/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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