What is the ruling on traveling for work and training for a month or two at a branch of a foreign company where there is intermingling, and it may be difficult to perform the obligatory prayers and Friday prayer, and experience is gained through mingling, and is this considered residing among disbelievers, knowing that refusing to travel may lead to losing one's job?
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It is not permissible to travel to countries where one cannot perform religious rituals, or where a Muslim fears temptation regarding their faith, or if the travel leads to committing a forbidden act that cannot be avoided except by refraining from travel.
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