Is it permissible to attend a conference that involves free mixing of men and women, immodest dress, and intoxicants, given that this is a condition for obtaining a doctoral degree?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am a doctoral student in a scientific field. Yes, I am a doctoral student in a scientific field. One of the requirements for obtaining this degree is that I publish two research papers in an international conference hosted by a Western disbeliever country. For this to be published, I must travel to that country and present my research there. The question is: Is it permissible for me to travel to that country for this conference, knowing that it contains what you know of free mixing of men and women, immodest dress, and intoxicants, and that I may be required to shake hands with women and do other such things?
Answer:
As long as it involves wrongs that are obligatory for you to commit, it is not worth going to it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am a doctoral student in a scientific field. Yes, I am a doctoral student in a scientific field. One of the requirements for obtaining this degree is that I publish two research papers in an international conference hosted by a Western disbeliever country. For this to be published, I must travel to that country and present my research there. The question is: Is it permissible for me to travel to that country for this conference, knowing that it contains what you know of free mixing of men and women, immodest dress, and intoxicants, and that I may be required to shake hands with women and do other such things?
Answer:
As long as it involves wrongs that are obligatory for you to commit, it is not worth going to it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4450- 4717] هل يجوز حضور مؤتمر فيه اختلاط وسفور وخمور علما أن ذلك شرط لحصول شهادة الدكتوراه؟ — youtube.com
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