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Is it permissible for me to accept a job offer from a competing company, knowing that my current contract requires one month's prior notice to terminate the contract, and would the owner of the other company be sinful for making this offer?

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The lease is a binding contract for both parties, and neither of them is permitted to terminate it before the agreed-upon term ends, except with the consent of the other party. This is based on the Almighty's saying: "And fulfill the covenant of Allah when you have made a covenant," and the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Four characteristics, whoever possesses them is a pure hypocrite, and whoever possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy until he abandons it: when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a covenant, he betrays; when he promises, he breaks it; and when he disputes, he acts immorally." Therefore, if the contract between you and the first company has expired, or if it is a dissolvable contract that allows either party to terminate it at will, then there is no harm in you accepting the offer from the other company.

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