The Ruling on Security Personnel Working in Narcotics Control and Advising Relatives
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The questioner:
I am a member of the security forces in narcotics control. What is the ruling on narcotics? What is the ruling on one who is found with an intoxicant, and one who is found consuming narcotics?
The Shaykh:
Repeat, repeat.
The questioner:
I am a member of the security forces in narcotics control. What is the ruling on one who is found with an intoxicant? And one who is found consuming narcotics? And one who promotes them to people? Is my work considered jihad in the path of Allah? Even if I receive a fixed salary for my work? And what is my role in advising some of my relatives, knowing that they are still consuming intoxicants, and because I am now in a position that allows me to advise them or arrest them?
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for you to carry out the duties assigned to you by the state, to arrest those you find, and to execute the orders given to you. You are a mujahid in this, and you have a great reward, even if you receive a salary and wage. Striving to free the Muslims from the evil of narcotics and types of corruption is jihad in the path of Allah. If one is killed in this cause, he is a martyr, and if he is harmed, he has a great reward. You must not neglect this for the sake of a bribe given to you, or for the sake of a relative or anyone else. You must fear Allah, and execute the orders with the friend and the hated one, with the near and the far. You seek the reward with Allah, and you also seek obedience to the rulers in this great good that is the welfare of all Muslims. We ask Allah for success for our rulers. O Allah, amen. And for their deputies and soldiers, success and guidance. O Allah, amen. Prayer and fulfilling the trust.
The questioner:
So, if one first offers advice, and they accept it and reform, meaning they stop resisting, does one refrain from reporting on them and arresting them?
The Shaykh:
It appears, and Allah knows best, that if they are in their homes and relatives are in their homes, and you advise them and call them to good, and they promise to repent, we hope that will be better. But if they persist and do not act, it is obligatory to execute what you were ordered. Yes. Yes.
I am a member of the security forces in narcotics control. What is the ruling on narcotics? What is the ruling on one who is found with an intoxicant, and one who is found consuming narcotics?
The Shaykh:
Repeat, repeat.
The questioner:
I am a member of the security forces in narcotics control. What is the ruling on one who is found with an intoxicant? And one who is found consuming narcotics? And one who promotes them to people? Is my work considered jihad in the path of Allah? Even if I receive a fixed salary for my work? And what is my role in advising some of my relatives, knowing that they are still consuming intoxicants, and because I am now in a position that allows me to advise them or arrest them?
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for you to carry out the duties assigned to you by the state, to arrest those you find, and to execute the orders given to you. You are a mujahid in this, and you have a great reward, even if you receive a salary and wage. Striving to free the Muslims from the evil of narcotics and types of corruption is jihad in the path of Allah. If one is killed in this cause, he is a martyr, and if he is harmed, he has a great reward. You must not neglect this for the sake of a bribe given to you, or for the sake of a relative or anyone else. You must fear Allah, and execute the orders with the friend and the hated one, with the near and the far. You seek the reward with Allah, and you also seek obedience to the rulers in this great good that is the welfare of all Muslims. We ask Allah for success for our rulers. O Allah, amen. And for their deputies and soldiers, success and guidance. O Allah, amen. Prayer and fulfilling the trust.
The questioner:
So, if one first offers advice, and they accept it and reform, meaning they stop resisting, does one refrain from reporting on them and arresting them?
The Shaykh:
It appears, and Allah knows best, that if they are in their homes and relatives are in their homes, and you advise them and call them to good, and they promise to repent, we hope that will be better. But if they persist and do not act, it is obligatory to execute what you were ordered. Yes. Yes.
Source
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