I was working in one of the restaurants, and after a month, the owner asked me to go to the liquor stores to buy him an intoxicating drink, and when I refused, he threatened me that he

The questioner : I was working in one of the restaurants, and after a month, the owner asked me to go to the liquor stores to buy him an intoxicating drink. When I refused, he threatened me that he would not give me my wages unless I brought him this intoxicating drink. Therefore, I went and bought it for him under compulsion. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view in this case as well?

The Shaykh : The answer to this question is understood from the previous answer. Just as it is not permissible for a worker to obey his employer in leaving off the obligatory acts, it is not permissible for a worker to obey his employer in doing what is forbidden. It is obligatory for you in such a situation to refuse and resist, and not to go and buy him the intoxicants, no matter what, even if he dismisses you from the job. For the provision of Allah the Exalted is vast, and whoever leaves something for the sake of Allah, Allah replaces it with something better. So anything that a created being orders you to do, and it is disobedience to the Creator, is not permissible for you to carry out, because there is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.
If you reflect on the saying of Allah the Exalted: you will find that Allah the Exalted made obedience to the one in authority subordinate to obedience to Allah and His Messenger. For this reason, He did not repeat the verb, meaning He did not say: "O you who believe, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and obey those in authority," but rather He said: In summary, the answer is that it is not permissible for you, if your employer says to you, "Go and buy me intoxicants," to obey him, even if he dismisses you from the job.