What is the ruling on working as a secretary or clerk in the Egyptian Public Prosecution, which operates under man-made law and not Islamic Sharia, in terms of salary, permissibility, and impermissibility?
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It is not permissible for a Muslim to work as a public prosecutor in a country that is governed by man-made laws which contravene Islamic Sharia. Similarly, secretarial and clerical work takes the ruling of the original work, so it is not permissible to undertake it in a forbidden job due to the cooperation in sin and transgression involved. However, there is no objection to undertaking secretarial work related to permissible tasks.
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