Is it permissible to transport intoxicants out of necessity and due to the requirements of one's job?
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Question:
What is the ruling on a person who works in a government position where part of his duties is to inspect liquor shops? He is responsible for seizing types of liquor that violate the prescribed alcohol percentages, or that are given names inconsistent with their type to evade fees, taxes, or customs duties. He is responsible for transporting them to his workplace and, consequently, sending them to the testing laboratories. Does the hadith regarding the curse apply to this person in his position, or to the one working in the testing laboratories?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the one employed in this role to help identify the graves, return them, eliminate them, and prevent them. As for helping to promote them, keep them, or the like, he is committing aggression and betraying the trust. However, if he helps to destroy them, eliminate them, and identify their owners, he is to be thanked and rewarded. Yes.
What is the ruling on a person who works in a government position where part of his duties is to inspect liquor shops? He is responsible for seizing types of liquor that violate the prescribed alcohol percentages, or that are given names inconsistent with their type to evade fees, taxes, or customs duties. He is responsible for transporting them to his workplace and, consequently, sending them to the testing laboratories. Does the hadith regarding the curse apply to this person in his position, or to the one working in the testing laboratories?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the one employed in this role to help identify the graves, return them, eliminate them, and prevent them. As for helping to promote them, keep them, or the like, he is committing aggression and betraying the trust. However, if he helps to destroy them, eliminate them, and identify their owners, he is to be thanked and rewarded. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 32 هل يجوز حمل الخمور لضرورة ومقتضيات العمل؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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