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Is it permissible to accept a job that involves research on pig embryos to improve their production, knowing that the salary will come from the sale of pork, which is religiously forbidden?

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Pork is forbidden to Muslims in terms of selling, buying, and consumption, based on the Almighty’s saying: ﴿Say, "I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to a consumer who eats it, except that it be a dead animal or blood poured forth or the flesh of swine — for indeed, that is impure — or a sin [from] what was slaughtered for other than Allah." But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful.﴾ [Al-An'am/145], and based on the noble Hadith: "Indeed, Allah and His Messenger have forbidden the sale of alcoholic beverages, dead animals, swine, and idols." If Allah forbids something, He forbids its price and its use. It is not permissible for a Muslim to assist in its propagation or improvement.

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