Ruling on submitting false documents to obtain a job
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Question:
May Allah guide you. A companion of the Honorable Shaykh says: One of the female graduates of the university found a job as a teacher at the place of relief, and they asked her to provide proof of residence. Her father works at the place of relief, although she lives in Riyadh, and her father works in Riyadh. She is able to bring the required documents, but they are not authentic. The question is: Is it permissible for her to bring the required documents in order to get the job? And is her salary considered haram (forbidden)?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Lying is not permissible. A woman’s employment and her leaving her home are not in her best interest. So how does she commit these prohibitions and this lie in order to obtain something that is not in her best interest? By Allah, if a woman is employed and it is not in her best interest, but they only look at the money and do not look at the precautions required in the future, and the loss of homes and the loss of children from upbringing, depriving them of their mother and her upbringing, then what I see for her is that she should not strive for the job, unless it is facilitated without lying and is close to her home, in which case there is no harm. But leaving it, even with this, is better for her, and staying in her home with her children is a thousand times better for her. Yes. As for lying, it is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah guide you. A companion of the Honorable Shaykh says: One of the female graduates of the university found a job as a teacher at the place of relief, and they asked her to provide proof of residence. Her father works at the place of relief, although she lives in Riyadh, and her father works in Riyadh. She is able to bring the required documents, but they are not authentic. The question is: Is it permissible for her to bring the required documents in order to get the job? And is her salary considered haram (forbidden)?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Lying is not permissible. A woman’s employment and her leaving her home are not in her best interest. So how does she commit these prohibitions and this lie in order to obtain something that is not in her best interest? By Allah, if a woman is employed and it is not in her best interest, but they only look at the money and do not look at the precautions required in the future, and the loss of homes and the loss of children from upbringing, depriving them of their mother and her upbringing, then what I see for her is that she should not strive for the job, unless it is facilitated without lying and is close to her home, in which case there is no harm. But leaving it, even with this, is better for her, and staying in her home with her children is a thousand times better for her. Yes. As for lying, it is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [61] — alfawzan.live (1:16:01)
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