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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is there any scriptural evidence for dividing people’s professions into base professions and honorable professions?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. May Allah bless you. One of the brothers sent this question, saying that some of the common people place customs in the position of acts of worship, where some of them believe that there are unseemly trades and they look down on those who work in them, such as cooking, barbering, shoemaking, and working in cleaning, among others. What is your guidance? And is there any scriptural evidence that confirms the correctness of this belief?

Answer:
No, there is no scriptural evidence except for earnings that involve baseness, such as the earnings of the cup-taker. It was reported that the earnings of the cup-taker are foul, meaning they are bad because they involve drawing blood and other things. As for the rest of these trades, they are customs among people; they are the ones who are repelled by them and are repelled by them. Seeking a livelihood is required; it is required for a person to seek a livelihood in any permissible profession.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل هناك دليل شرعي على تقسيم الناس المهن إلى مهن دنيئة ومهن نزيهة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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