What is the ruling on working in a nursing home that involves lighting a cigarette for an infirm man?
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Selling cigarettes is prohibited. Whoever works in their sale must leave this job and seek another, due to the Almighty’s saying: "And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression."
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