What is the ruling on a person working in the sale of alcohol for four years, knowing that he is seeking a transfer and looking for another job? And what should he do?
The sale and transportation of alcohol, and everything connected to it, are forbidden, based on the words of the Almighty: "O you who have believed, indeed intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone altars [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful." And based on the words of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed ten regarding alcohol: its presser, its extractor, its drinker, its carrier, the one to whom it is carried, its server, its seller, the devourer of its price, its purchaser, and the one for whom it is purchased." Cooperation in sin is forbidden, as the Almighty said: "And do not cooperate in sin and aggression." It is not permissible to remain in a job that sells alcohol except out of extreme necessity, such as the absence of any other work that meets one's needs. As for money earned Haram (unlawfully), it is not permissible to benefit from it except for the poor, according to their needs.
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