The ruling on one working for the police who cannot leave his job due to his financial position

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

THE RULING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO IS WORKING FOR THE POLICE AND DUE TO HIS FINANCIAL CONDITION HE CANNOT LEAVE THIS JOB

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Question No: 2921

Question:

A person works for the Police and due to his dire financial condition he cannot even leave this job because he is neither educated nor has any alternative source of income to this job. Bear in mind that he is not only the caretaker of his wife and children; but he also has to provide financial help to his parents and brothers because, the income from the work that his father and brothers do is not enough to eke out a living. Their financial condition is very bad and they are counted among those who are needy.

So…..Honorable Shaykh Abu Waleed Al-Maqdisi ! give us a fatwa about such a person. May Allah Ta’ala have mercy on you and protect you and give you the strength to speak the truth.

Questioner: Basheer Al-Hami


Answer:

Answer by The Shariah Committee

In the name of Allah and may salutations and peace be upon the Prophet of Allah, his Companions and those who follow them.

And what follows…..

There is no doubt that Police and all the other such institutions have been created to remove Allah’s law and replace it with manmade laws. For any wise Muslim who is concerned about his religion, it is impermissible for him to

work in such kind of Kafir institutions. Conversely, he must keep himself and his Iman safe from the filth of such polytheistic institutions. This is because, these are the institutions which bear the sin of enforcing the laws of other than Allah’s and the same ruling applies to the person who works in such institutions. As far as the issue of decrease in Rizq(sustenance) and paucity of wealth is concerned…..! then these reasons cannot provide the justification for committing such (heinous) sins.

Allah says:

And they say: “If we follow the guidance with you, we would be snatched away from our land.” Have We not established for them a secure sanctuary (Makkah), to which are brought fruits of all kinds, a provision from Ourselves, but most of them know not. (Qasas: 57)

So remember…! Committing an act of Kufr is in no circumstances permissible unless for the one who is forced and helpless and has been compelled in such a way that there is danger of loss of life or limb.

Allah says:

Whoever disbelieved in Allah after his belief, except him who is forced thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith, but such as open their breasts to disbelief, on them is wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a great torment. That is because they loved and preferred the life of this world over that of the Hereafter. And Allah guides not the people who disbelieve. They are those upon whose hearts, hearing (ears) and sight (eyes) Allah has set a seal. And they are the heedless! No doubt, in the Hereafter, they will be the losers. Then, verily! Your Lord for those who emigrated after they had been put to trials and thereafter strove hard and fought (for the Cause of Allah) and were patient, verily, your Lord afterward is, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (An-Nahl: 106-110)

Remember what Allah Subhana wa Ta’ala has mentioned about the person who does Kufr without compulsion; the reason which encouraged him to do Kufr is his preference for this worldly life over the hereafter. So, whoever does that (i.e. gives preference to worldly life), then such a person qualifies to have his heart, hearing and sight sealed. This is because he is among those who are oblivious, accursed and losers on the Day of Judgment.

So the one who desires salvation must leave the way of Kufr and Shirk; and give preference to the Hereafter over the worldly life. He must in this context, wage Jihad against his own self, desires and against the devils among the Jinn and mankind. And he must bear with patience all of which he suffers in this path. In this way, maybe Allah Ta’ala will forgive his sins and have mercy on him. Without doubt Allah is the most Beneficent and Merciful.

Also remember that…..! one who fears Allah Subhana wa Ta’ala; He creates for him, the way out of hardship and provides him with sustenance from such avenues which he never would have imagined.

Allah says:

And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty). And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him. Verily, Allah will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allah has set a measure for all things. (At-Talaq: 2-3)

And Allah says:

and whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him. (At-Talaq: 4)

And then, his family, his parents and his parents cannot save him from Allah’s punishment. On the contrary, they will run away from him on the Day of Judgment.

Allah says:

That Day shall a man flee from his brother, And from his mother and his father, And from his wife and his children. Everyman, that Day, will have enough to make him careless of others. (Abasa: 34-37)

We pray that may Allah give him and others like him, the strength to tread the path of the Believers and keep them away from the path of those who were destroyed.


The Shariah Committee

Minbar Al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Website