Is cooking pork permissible given his job?
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The third question of Fatwa No. ( 4047 )
Q 3: I work as a cook, and it is customary for me to cook pork in American restaurants, as is the usual practice. Is this permissible in the Shari'ah? I do not eat it, but I cook it. I have no choice but to work in this job, and I have not found any other work that would allow me to fully apply the teachings of the religion. .
Vol. 3: First: It is not permissible for you to cook pork for a disbeliever or a Muslim to eat; because doing so is a form of cooperation in sin and aggression, which Allah the Exalted has forbidden.
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2] Second: The means of earning and working in Islam are many, and whoever fears Allah, Allah will make a way out for him and provide for him from where he does not expect, as He the Exalted said: [At-Talaq 65:2-3] So you should fear Allah and work in what Allah has made permissible, and He the Exalted will fulfill His promise to you, for He is the One who does not break His promise. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q 3: I work as a cook, and it is customary for me to cook pork in American restaurants, as is the usual practice. Is this permissible in the Shari'ah? I do not eat it, but I cook it. I have no choice but to work in this job, and I have not found any other work that would allow me to fully apply the teachings of the religion. .
Vol. 3: First: It is not permissible for you to cook pork for a disbeliever or a Muslim to eat; because doing so is a form of cooperation in sin and aggression, which Allah the Exalted has forbidden.
Allah the Exalted said:
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَلاَ تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِAnd whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا (2) وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَحْتَسِبُ
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