What is the ruling on shaving the beard to obtain a job?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am a young man who has not found work for four years, and I work in one of the Arab countries. I recently got a job, but it requires me to shave my beard. The question is: Should I accept this job and shave my beard? What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
Do not accept this job, do not accept this job, because shaving the beard is forbidden, and Allah the Exalted will provide you with sustenance other than this job,[At-Talaq 65:2-3], so do not seek Allah’s sustenance in disobedience to Allah, but seek sustenance through lawful means. And Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, will make things easy for you if He knows from you the sincerity of intention, for He will make things easy for you, as He promised, Glorified and Exalted is He, [At-Talaq 65:2-3]. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am a young man who has not found work for four years, and I work in one of the Arab countries. I recently got a job, but it requires me to shave my beard. The question is: Should I accept this job and shave my beard? What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
Do not accept this job, do not accept this job, because shaving the beard is forbidden, and Allah the Exalted will provide you with sustenance other than this job,
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُAnd whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم حلق اللحية للحصول على وظيفة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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