What is the ruling on working in the smuggling of Africans by sea to European countries, given the risk to lives involved in that?
The default ruling for sea travel is permissibility if safety is predominant and the destination of travel is lawful according to Sharia. However, the smuggling of Africans into Europe does not meet the condition of predominant safety and leads to severe risks such as drowning or imprisonment. It also contradicts the obligation to preserve life and the Almighty's saying: {And to Allah belongs [all] honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers}, and the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "It is not befitting for a believer to humiliate himself." Based on this, working in this field is not permissible.
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