Is it permissible to work for a telecommunications company that provides services to French companies, some of which operate in prohibited fields such as cigarettes and alcohol, knowing that my work is in a department that does not directly deal with these companies and that the percentage of my interaction with them is very small, taking into consideration the advantages of working for this company in terms of location, salary, working conditions, and the availability of parental care?
The overarching principle is that working for companies dealing in forbidden things, such as alcohol or cigarette companies, is impermissible. If the questioner can avoid working in areas related to forbidden companies, then there is no blame upon her. Otherwise, her work will contain a portion of the forbidden commensurate with the percentage of forbidden companies. The prohibition includes participation and assistance in any form, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) "cursed alcohol, its drinker, its pourer, its seller, its buyer, its presser, its extractor, its carrier, and the one to whom it is carried." And if a man assists in disobeying Allah, he is sinful. If the work is associated with something forbidden, and there is another option completely free from the forbidden, then the forbidden work is not permissible.
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