A person is tested by business partners who are engaged in wrongdoing, and he is compelled to deal with them; what is his position?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Enjoining good and forbidding evil, and calling people to Allah, is a matter of the highest rank, and it is also of the utmost delicacy. A person may be tested by people who are his partners in work, partners in a specific place, but they are in that state, and he is compelled, out of necessity, to deal with them. What is his position? What is the way out?

The Shaykh:
The way out is to request a transfer from this circle and this job to another circle and another place, and to be with the good people. If he cannot do that, he remains in his job and preserves his religion. He does not sit with them in a way that involves companionship or affection, but he sits with them only by virtue of the work. He performs his job; he is not sitting with them because he desires their company, but only to perform his work. He should be averse to them and hate them. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.

The questioner:
He may be in a job where he believes there is benefit for Islam and the Muslims.

The Shaykh:
If there is benefit for Islam and the Muslims by him providing explanation, guidance, and direction, and he sees that his guidance and speech have an effect on them, then this is a good job. Yes.