Helping in haram permitted
Question
If a clinically depressed person can?t find a halal job or business and is hurting himself and people around him emotionally is it ok to help him in haram (gas station, alcohol vending ) job?
Answer
If help signifies working at a gas station, then it will be permissible. If it means alcohol vending, then it will be Haraam. It is better to refrain from Haraam and earn a livelihood through Halaal means.
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Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
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- Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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