Is it a necessity that permits the forbidden for a girl to continue working in a mixed-gender environment where she is surrounded by ten men, due to her family's urgent financial need, or must she leave the job and rely on Allah, according to His Almighty saying: "And whoever fears Allah – He will make for him a way out and will provide for him from where he does not expect"?
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If the questioner's sister stops working and faces ruin due to lack of sustenance or unbearable hardship, then it is permissible for her to work in a mixed-gender environment out of necessity, while observing the Islamic guidelines. It is not a condition for the Islamic veil () to be black in color.
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